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Laments
Jan Kochanowski

Laments

Faber and Faber (1995)
9780571175970
53 pages | 126 x 210 mm
Dewey 891.8513
LC Classification PG7157.K6 .T713 1995

Subject

  • Bereavement - Poetry

Plot

Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is acknowledged to be the first great poet in Poland's vernacular literary tradition. His Treny (or Laments) represent the height of his achievement. They are an impassioned, yet impeccably controlled, expression of grief over the death of his daughter Orszula, and, while their power scandalized Kochanowski's contemporaries, they came at length to be considered an enduring masterpiece.