Polish Literature in English Translation: 18th Century

INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS/WORKS

Anonymous -- "A Brave Pole on the Field of Mars" (A Song of the Bar Confederacy) (circa 1770)
Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 395-399.
Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 300-301.

3 May 1791 Polish Constitution
Trans. Christopher Kasparek. Polskie Konstytucje [Polish Constitutions].
Poland's Constitution of May 3, 1791. Presidio of Monterey, CA: Defense Language Institute. 1985. Bilingual.

Józef Baka (1707-1780)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Konstancja Benisławska (1747-1806)
2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"Calling on All Creatures to Praise God." 275-276.

"Midday Prayer." 276-277.

Wojciech Bogusławski (1757-1829)
2 Songs from A Supposed Miracle or Cracovians and Mountaineers. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 305-307.

Franciszek Bohomolec (1720-1784)
One Poem ("To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song") and an article from The Monitor. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

From The Monitor: 1765. 215.

"To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song." 212-214.

Benedykt Chmielowski (1700-1763)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Franciszek Dmochowski (1762-1808)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695-1765)
"Pleas for the Improvement of Polish Morals." Trans. editors of The Sarmatian Review. The Sarmatian Review 13.3 (Sept. 1993).
"On Proud Narcissus." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 206-208.

Teofila Glińska (circa 1765-1799)
No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794)
2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"My Song." 342.

"To the Nation." 343-344.

"To the Nation." Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 503-507.

Franciszek Karpiński (1741-1825)
4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Paul Soboleski. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 509-521.

"Mazurka."
"Morning Song."
"On the Lord's Nativity."
"To Justyna: Yearnings in the Spring."

7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"The Lament of a Sarmatian at the Tomb of Zygmunt August, the Last Polish King of the Jagiellonian Dynasty." 282-283.
"Mazurka." 284.
"Morning Song." 285.
"Night Song." 285.
"Recollection of Past Love: A Pastoral Song." 280-281.
"Song on the Birth of Our Lord." 286-287.
"To Justina. Longing in Spring." 280.

Jędrzej Kitowicz (1728-1804)
2 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

Description of Customs During the Reign of August III: excerpts. 223-226.
"On the Polish King," excerpt from Diaries or Polish History. 216-222.

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750-1807)
4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 523-533.

"The Effect of Pleasure."
"The Looms."
"On Eliza."
"To the Stars."

7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"The Looms: In a Pastoral Genre." 290.
"On Eliza." 294.
"Two Linden Trees." 292.
"To God." 293.
"To Love." 292-293.
"To the Stars." 288.
"To Whiskers." 291-292.

Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812)
3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

Political Law of the Polish Nation: excerpt. 329-331.
"To Stanisław Małachowski, Crown Referendary, Speaker of the Sejm and of the General Confederation, Several Letters by the Anonym": excerpts. 319-322.
"To the Illustrious Deputation Appointed by the Sejm to Prepare the Draft Constitution of the Polish Government": excerpts. 323-328.

Stanisław Konarski (1700-1773)
"On the Effective Method of Deliberating or On Upholding the Ordinary Sejms": excerpt. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 199-205.

Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801)
3 Poems. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998.

"Caged Birds." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.

"The Lambs and the Wolves." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.

"The Master and the Dog." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.

7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.

"Preface to Fables."
"Bear."
"Birds in a Cage."
"The Mouse and the Cat."
"Rat and the Cat."
"Sacred Love of our Cherished Homeland."
"Son and Father."

11 Pieces. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter, David Welsh, and Gerard T. Kapolka. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 427-467.

40 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 238-267.

[About Two Types of Bad Readers.] Essay in The Monitor. 262-264.
Fables and Parables: excerpts. 244-254.
"Gravestone of a Peasant." 244.
"Monachomachia or the War of the Monks": excerpts. 240-243.
"Mr. Pantler": excerpt. 265-266.
"Sacred Love of Our Cherished Homeland." 244.
"Satire 6: Drunkenness." 254-257.
"Satire 8: The Fashionable Wife." 257-261.

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom. Trans. Thomas H. Hoisington. Evanston: Northwestern UP. 1992.

"A Perfect Marriage." Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000. 324.

Polish Fables. Trans. Gerard T. Kapolka. New York: Hippocrene. 1997. In English and Polish.

The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom. Trans. Thomas Hoisington. Northwestern University Press. 1991.

Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland (1677-1766)
  The Advice of King Stanislaus Given to his Daughter the Queen of France: at Their Parting in August, 1725 . . .. Trans. unknown. Dublin: Thomas Walsh in Skinner Row. 1725.
  The History of Stanislaus I: King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorain and Bar, etc. To Which Is Added, A Relation of His Retreat from Dantzick: In a Letter to a Person of Distinction. Trans. unknown (Trans. from French). London: C. Davis and T. Astley. 1741.
  Lettre du Roi Stanislaw . . ., or A Letter from King Stanislaus, Written (in French) With His Own Hand, to a friend: . . .. Trans. Mr. Lockman. London: J. Roberts in Warwick Lane. 1734. In English and French.
  Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld [To Which Are Added Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus, King of Poland ...]. Trans. unknown. New York: W. Gowans. 1851. In microform at Brown University, Providence RI, USA.
  The Speech of Stanislaus to the Primate and Senators, on His Being Re-Elected King of Pland . . .. Trans. unknown. London: J. Isted. 1733.Evanston: Northwestern UP. 1992.

Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 407-425.
6 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"Balloon." 231-233.

"Satire IV: The Corrupt Age." 233-235.

"Satire VI: The Gaunt Man of Letters": excerpt. 236-237.

"To a Sad Friend." 229.

"To the Stream." 227-229.

"Voice of the Dead": excerpt. 230-231.

Ossoliński, Józef Maksymilian (1748-1826)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Józef Pawlikowski (1767-1826)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Potocki (1761-1815)
  The New Decameron: Further Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1967.
  Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Trans. Ian MacLean. New York: Penguin. 1996. [Also Viking. 1995]
  The Saragossa Manuscript. Dir. Wojciech J. Has. 1965.
  The Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Roger Caillois and Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Avon. 1960.
  The Saragossa Manuscript: a Collection of Weird Tales. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1960. [Other editions include Cassell. 1962.   London: Icon Books. 1966.]
  Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript: (Ten Days in the Life of Alphonse Van Worden). Trans. Christine Donougher. Sawtry: Dedalus. 1990.

Wacław Rzewuski (1706-1779)
2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"A Grove." 210-211.

"On the Equality of Earthly Happiness": excerpt. 209-210.

Stanisław Staszic (1755-1826)
4 Prose selections. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"Peasants' Lands or an Industrious Peasant" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 339-340.
Remarks on the Life of Jan Zamoyski, Chancellor and Grand Hetman of the Crown, Adapted to the Current Situation in the Polish Republic: excerpts. 334-335.
"Testament (written in Warsaw on September 20, 1824)." 341.
"To the Lords" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 336-339.

Stanisław Trembecki (circa 1739-1812)
3 Poems. Trans. David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 469-477.

"The Gardens of Powazki."
"The Sofiowska Estate."
"The Stag Contemplating Himself."

5 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"A Deer Looking at Himself" from Some Fables from Aesop Translated When Possible in the Style of de La Fontaine. 273-274.
"Epithalamion for Dorant and Clymene, or United Love." 271-272.
"In the Album of Marcjanna K." 273.
"To Madame Kossowska When Dancing." 268-270.
"To Miss Tekla." 272.

"To Madame Kossowska When Dancing." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś on Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry website.

Kajetan Węgierski (1755-1787)
4 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"A Complaint of a Canon Against a Smith." 295.
"Every Man to His Taste." 296.
"A Letter to Rhymesters." 297-299.
"A Philosopher." 296-297.

"On the Advantages of Being Poor"; excerpts. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 479-485.

Józef Wybicki (1747-1822)
2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

"The Song of the Polish Legions in Italy" [Dąbrowski's Mazurka]. 302-303.
Untitled. ["If one could in a few days . . ."]. 302.

Lyrics to "Dąbrowski's Mazurka" (Polish National Anthem) in English and Polish; trans. not identified. Poland.pl.

Jeszcze Polska nie zgnela (Poland's Soul Has Not Departed): Polish National Hymn [in E flat]. Trans. William J. Rose. London: Augener. 1939.

Franciszek Zabłocki (1752-1821)
3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

The Fop Suitor: excerpts. 311-317.
"On a Decree Authorizing an Army of One Hundred Thousand." 308.
"To the Assembled Estates." 310-311.

"Denunciation" and "On What, to Some, is a Source of Pride." Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 487-491.

Andrzej Załuski (1702-1774)
No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES

Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989.

Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Slavica Publishers. 1996.

LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

Barańczak, Stanisław. "Enlightenment." From The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 3rd ed. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1993. Instytut Książki.

Bates, John. "Artistic Movements in the Polish Lands (1750-1918)." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies, University of Glasgow.

Braun, Kazimierz. A Concise History of Polish Theater from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries. Mellen Press. 2003.

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