POLISH LITERATURE
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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TURN OF THE CENTURY POLISH LITERATURE
(19TH - 20TH CENTURIES)


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INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS


Adam Asnyk (Jan Stożek) (1838-1897)
  2 Poems. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.


  "Over the Depths." Trans. Alex Kurczaba. The Sarmatian Review 23.3 (Sept. 2003).
list bullet & link  "To the Young." Trans. Jarosław Zawadzki.

Wacław Berent (1873-1940)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Brzozowski (1876-1911)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Wiktor Gomulicki (1848-1919)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Bronisław Grabowski (1848-1919)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Roman Jaworski (1883-1944)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Cezary Jellenta (1861-1931)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Kasprowicz (1860-1926)
  4 Poems. Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.


Jan Kisielewski (1876-1918)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Maria Komornicka (aka Piotr Wlast) (1876-1948)
list bullet  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910)
list bullet  The Brownie Scouts. Trans. Th. Zuk-Skarszewska. Warsaw: M. Arct. 1929. Also in microform.
list bullet  The Golden Seed. Adapted by Catharine Fournier. New York: Scribner. 1962.
list bullet  The Golden Seeds: a Legend of Old Poland. Adapted by Margaret Sperry. Copenhagen: Golden Mill Press. 1969. 1958.
list bullet  Johnny's Earthly Lot: Nine Songs to the Polish Words of Marya Konopnicka. [Musical score.] Trans. Jan Sliwiński. Glasgow: Allan Fowler. 1944.
list bullet  Konopnicka for Children. Trans. Tomasz Wyzyński. Unknown publisher. 1980s.
list bullet & link  "Rota." Trans. not identified. University of Texas at Austin. Text in English and Polish, with audio in Polish. [Scroll down that page for this patriotic song.] .
  "A Vision." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.
list bullet  When the King Went Forth to War. [Musical score.] Trans. Rosa Newmarch. London: J. & W. Chester. 1920s.

Antoni Lange (1861-1929)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Jan Lemański (1866-1933)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Edward Leszczyński (1880-1921)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Tadeusz Miciński (1873-1918)
list bullet  "Father Faust." Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Trans. & Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Dedalus. 1996. 97-109.

Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841-1910)
list bullet  The Accursed: a Drama in Five Acts. Trans. Edward Koenigsberger. Bouremouth, UK: Delamare. 1994.
list bullet  The Argonauts. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. New York: Scribner's. 1901. Also in microform.
list bullet  The Forsaken, or Meir Ezofowich. Trans. Edward Konigsberger. Bournemouth, UK: Delamare. 1980.
list bullet  The Interrupted Melody. Trans. M. Ochenkowska. London: A. Melrose. 1912.
list bullet  Meir Ezofovitch: a Novel from the Polish of Eliza Orzeszko. Trans. Iza Young. New York: W.L. Allison. 1898. Also in microform.
list bullet  The Modern Argonauts. Trans. Count S.C. de Soissons. London: Greening & Co. 1901.
list bullet  Nad Niemnem (On the Neman River). Dir. Kazimierz Kuzminski. 1980.
list bullet  An Obscure Apostle; a Dramatic Story Translated. Trans. C. S. de Soissons. London: Greening & CO. 1899.

Włodzimierz Perzyński (1877-1930)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Bolesław Prus (Aleksander Głowacki) (1845-1912)
list bullet  Bolesław Prus's Ten Morgs of Land: a Translation. Trans. Christine Rockover Eastus. Unpublished dissertation. U Texas Austin. 1957.
list bullet  The Doll. Trans. David Welsh. Central European University Press. 1996.
list bullet  The Doll. Trans. David Welsh. New York: Twayne. 1972. And New York: Hippocrene. 1993. 1972.
list bullet  The Doll. Dir. Wojciech J. Has. 1969.
list bullet  "Katarynka: the Barrel-Organ." Trans. Stanley J. Kozaczka. The Quarterly Review of Polish Culture. 29.203 (Summer-Fall 1977): 15-16.
list bullet & link  "The Outpost." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.
list bullet  Pharaoh. Trans. Christopher Kasparek. Hippocrene. 2003; Warsaw: Polestar. 2001; Warsaw: Polonia. 1991.
list bullet  Pharaoh. Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz. 1965.
list bullet  Pharaoh: an Historical Romance of Ancient Egypt. Trans. and abridged by Mary de Mankowski. New York: Abbey. 1901.
list bullet  The Pharaoh and the Priest: an Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt.. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Boston: Little, Brown. 1902. and London: Sampson Low, Marston. 1910. 1902.
list bullet  The Sins of Childhood and Other Stories. Trans. Bill Johnston. Northwestern University Press. 1997.

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865-1940)
  2 Pieces. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.


list bullet & link  "A Cradle Wind." Trans. Walter Whipple. LDS Mission Network.
list bullet  "I Look for You." Trans. not identified. Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000. 331.
list bullet  Tales of the Tatras. Trans. Harriette Eleanor Kennedy and Zofia Umińska. London: Minerva. 1941. New York: Roy. 1943. Reprint: Westport, CT: Greenwood. 1979.

Zenon "Miriam" Przesmycki (1861-1944)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868-1927)
list bullet  For Happiness: a Drama in Three Acts. Trans. Lucille Baron. Boston: R.G. Badger. 1912. Also in microform.
list bullet  Homo Sapiens: a Novel in Three Parts. Trans. Thomas Seltzer. New York: AMS Press. 1970. 1915.
list bullet  Snow: a Play in Four Acts. Trans. O.F. Theis. New York: N.L. Brown. 1920. Also in microform.
list bullet  The Work of Edvard Munch: Four Essays. Trans. Hanna Marks. Berlin: S. Fischer. 1894.

Władysław Reymont (1864-1925)
list bullet  Chłopi (The Peasants). Dir. Jan Rybkowski.
list bullet & link  "Death." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.
list bullet  The Peasants. 4 vols. Trans. Michael Henry Dziewicki. New York: A.A. Knopf. 1924-1925.
list bullet  The Peasants: excerpt. In Ladislas Reymont, Romain Rolland [and] Bertrand Russell. Trans. unknown. New York: A. Gregory. 1971.
list bullet & link  "A Polish Scene." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.
list bullet & link  The Promised Land's opening paragraphs in English and Polish, with commentary on some of the challenges of translation. Trans. Peter K. Gessner. "Poland in the Classroom," Infopoland.
  The Promised Land : excerpt. Trans. William Brand. Instytut Książki.
list bullet  The Promised Land. Trans. Michael Henry Dziewicki. New York: A.A. Knopf. 1927.
list bullet  Promised Land. Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1975.
list bullet  "The Vampire." Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Trans. & Ed. Wiesiek Powaga. Hippocrene. 1997. 119-136.

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)
list bullet  After Bread: A Story of Polish Emigrant Life to America. Trans. Thomas H. Bullick and Vatslaf A. Hlasko. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  "Charcoal Sketches" and Other Tales. Trans. Adam Zamoyski. Angel Books. 1990.
list bullet  Children of the Soil. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  Colonel Wolodyjowski. Dir. Jerzy Hoffman. 1969.
list bullet  The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  The Deluge. Dir. Jerzy Hoffman. 1973.
list bullet  Dust and Ashes [,] or Demolished. NL: Fredonia Books. 2002.
list bullet  "For Daily Bread" and Other Stories. Trans. Iza Young. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  Hania. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  In Desert and Wilderness. Trans. Max A. Drezmal. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  In Monte Carlo. NL: Fredonia Books. 2002.
list bullet  In Vain. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. NL: Fredonia Books. 2003.
list bullet & link   The Knights of the Cross, trans. Samuel A. Binion. Project Gutenberg. [Thanks to John Davis for finding this site.]
list bullet  The Knights of the Cross - Volume One. NL: Fredonia Books. 2002.
list bullet  The Knights of the Cross - Volume Two. Ross & Perry. 2002.
list bullet  Knights of the Teutonic Order. Dir. Aleksander Ford.
list bullet & link  Letters from Africa: Excerpts. Trans. Peter K. Gessner. "Poland in the Classroom," InfoPoland .
list bullet  "Life and Death" and Other Legends and Stories. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Books for Business. 2003.
list bullet  "The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall." Short Stories--The Ultimate Collection. B&R Samizdat Express. Windows-compatible CD-ROM.
list bullet  "The Lighthouse Keeper of Aspinwall." World Literature CD. B&R Samizdat Express. Windows-compatible CD-ROM.
list bullet  "Lillian Morris" and Other Stories. NL: Fredonia Books. 2002.
list bullet  The Little Trilogy. Trans. Miroslaw Lipinski. Hippocrene. 1995.
list bullet & link   Nobel Speech at the Nobel e-Museum.
list bullet  On the Fields of Glory. Trans. Miroslaw Lipinski. Hippocrene. 2000.
list bullet  On the Sunny Shore. Trans. Thomas H. Bullick and Vatslaf A. Hlasko. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  Pan Michael. Fredonia Books. 2002.
list bullet & link  Quo Vadis, trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Project Gutenberg. [Thanks to John Davis for finding this site.]
list bullet & link  Quo Vadis, trans. not identified, at 4Literature.net.
list bullet  Quo Vadis. Trans. W. S. Kuniczak. Hippocrene. 1997 (Paperback); 1999 Hardcover).
list bullet  Quo Vadis. Frederick Davidson, Reader. Blackstone. 2000. Audio Cassette.
list bullet  Quo Vadis. World Literature CD. B&R Samizdat Express. Windows-compatible CD-ROM.
list bullet  Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Indypublish.Com. 2002.
list bullet  Selected Tales. 2nd. ed. American Institute of Polish Culture. 1979.
list bullet  "Sielanka: A Forest Picture," and Other Stories. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  So Runs the World. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  Western Septet: Seven Stories of the American West. Alliance College. 1973.
list bullet  Where Worlds Meet. Trans. J. Christian Bay. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  With Fire and Sword. Trans. Samuel A. Binion. NL: Fredonia Books, 2002.
list bullet  With Fire and Sword. Dir. Jerzy Hoffman.
list bullet  Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland. Trans. Iza Young. NL: Fredonia Books. 2001.
list bullet  "Yanko the Musician" and Other Stories. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. NL: Fredonia Books. 2003.

Wacław Sieroszewski (1858-1945)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Adam Szymański (1852-1916)
list bullet & link  "Kowalski the Carpenter." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.
list bullet & link  "A Pinch of Salt." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.

Aleksander Świętochowski (1849-1938)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Józef Weyssenhoff (1860-1932)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.

Stanisław Wyśpiański (1869-1907)
  2 Pieces. Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry.


list bullet  Wesele (The Wedding). Trans. Noel Clark. Consortium Book. 1999. (Paper)
list bullet  Wesele (The Wedding). Trans. Gerard T. Kapolka. Ardis Publishers. 1990. (Hardcover)
list bullet  Wesele (The Wedding). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1973.

Gabriela Zapolska (1857-1921)
list bullet  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Kazimiera Zawistowska (aka "Ira") (1870-1902)
list bullet  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.

Stefan Żeromski (aka Maurycy Zych and Józef Katerle) (1864-1925)
list bullet  The Faithful River. Trans. Bill Johnston. Northwestern University Press. 1999.
list bullet  The Faithful River. Dir. Tadeusz Chmielewski. 1987.
list bullet & link  "Forebodings." From Selected Polish Tales. Trans. Else C.M. Benecke and Marie Busch. Project Gutenberg.
list bullet  Popioly (Ashes). Dir. Andrzej Wajda. 1965.
list bullet & link  "Ravens and Crows . . .": excerpts. LDS Mission Network.

Jerzy Żuławski (1874-1915)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.





COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES





LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

list bullet & link  Barańczak, Stanisław. "Positivism and NeoRomanticism." 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.

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

list bullet & link  Bates, John. "Censorship in Poland: Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

list bullet & link  Bates, John. "Censorship in Poland in the Twentieth Century." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies. University of Glasgow.

list bullet  Borkowska, Grazyna. Alienated Women: A Study on Polish Women's Fiction, 1845-1918. Trans. Ursula Phillips. Central European University Press. 2001.

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

list bullet  Davie, Donald. Slavic Excursions: Essays on Russian and Polish Literature. University of Chicago Press. 1990.

list bullet  Eile, Stanisław. Literature and Nationalism in Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918. Palgrave Macmillan. 2002.





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