Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk

“Spiritual Warfare" by Wacław Potocki. Commented critical edition

Year of publication: 2020
Page range: 37 (67-103)
Keywords: Wacław Potocki, the knight of Christ, critical edition, Hieronymus Wierix, spiritual warfare
Author: Natalia Czerniak (University of Gdansk)


Abstract

This paper presents the second critical edition of the poem “Rozbój duchowny" (“Spiritual warfare") written by Polish poet from 17th century Wacław Potocki. The first edition, published in 1980, prepared by Jan Malicki, has some editorial mistakes, hence the poem was edited again. The commentaries explain biblical and mythological references, the meaning of Old-Polish words as well as the proverbs. The author also points out to the relationship between the text of the poem and work “Spirituale Christiani militis certamen" by Antwerp engraver Hieronymus Wierix and describes the theme of the knight of Christ as a leitmotiv in Potocki’s poems.

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