POLISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

18th c. LITERATURE

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KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN ENTRIES

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, IN: 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. Polish and English.

Józef Baka (1707-1780)
No English translations of his work appear to be available 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, IN: 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, IN: 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, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• From The Monitor: 1765. 215.
• "To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song." 212-214.

Juwenalis Charkiewicz (circa 1720-1788)
  "A Franciscan's Journey from Lithuania to Spain." Trans. Karin Friedrich. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 59-63.

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

Tadeusz Czacki (1765-1813)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Franciszek Dmochowski (1762-1808)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Caste of Oycow." 185.
• "Cracow's Environs." 185.

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.
  "Spring." Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 80.

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

Anna Sapieha Jabłońska (1728-1800)
No English translations of her work appear to be available 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, IN: 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 Salezy Jezierski (1740-1791)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

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."

  4 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Evening Hymn." 113-114.
• "Morning Hymn.." 113.
• "Peace that Virtue Brings." 115-116.
• "Yearnings in the Spring." 114.

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

  "Laura and Filon": excerpt. Trans. not identified. The Polish Land: An Anthology in Prose and Verse. Ed. Marion Moore Coleman. Compiled by Klub Polski of Columbia University. Trenton, NJ: White Eagle Publishing. 1943. 97-98.
  "A Memory of a Young Lady." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995. 30-33.
  "Song on the Birth of Our Lord." Trans. Watson Kirkconnell. The Slavonic and East European Review 14.40 (Jul. 1935): 3-4.
  "When God is born, no power prevails . . ." Trans. and Ed. Jarosław Zawadzki. Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Shenzhen, 2007. 22-25.

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

  On Customs and Traditions in the Reign of Augustus III: excerpts. Trans. Daria Izdebska. Academy of Historical Arts.

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750-1807)
  2 Poems. Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995.

• "Love's Outcome." 36-37.
• "The Sum of Life." 34-35.

  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Eternity." 101.
• "Religion." 101.
• "A Reverie." 100-101.

  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, IN: 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, IN: 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, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 199-205.

Onufry Kopczyński (1736-1817)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

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

  6 Fables. Trans. not identified. An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection from the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land. Ed. Frederic Taber Cooper. New York: Frederick A. Stokes. 1921.

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• "The Ass and the Lamb." 442-443.
• "The Bird-Call." 438-440.
• "The Brook and the Fountain." 443-445.
• "The Man and his Coat." 440-442.
• "The Waggoner and the Butterfly." 437-438.
• "Wine and Water." 445-446.

  6 Fables. Trans. not identified. Flowers of Fable; Culled from Epictetus, Croxall, Dodsley, Gay, Cowper, Pope, Moore, Merrick, Denis, and Tapner; with Original Translations from LaFountaine, Krasicki, Herder, Gellert, Lessing, Pignotti, and Others: The Whole Selected for the Instruction of Youth, and Pruned of All Objectionable Matter. New York: Charles Wells. 1833.

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• "Ass and Lamb." 159-160.
• "Bird-Call." 150-151.
• "Brook and Fountain." 78-79.
• "Man and his Coat." 213-214.
• "Silly Champaigne." 92-94.
• "Wine and Water." 249-250.

  7 Fables. Trans. not identified. Flowers of Fable; Culled from Epictetus, Croxall, Dodsley, Gay, Cowper, Pope, Moore, Merrick, Denis, and Tapner; with Original Translations from LaFountaine, Krasicki, Herder, Gellert, Lessing, Pignotti, and Others: The Whole Selected for the Instruction of Youth, and Pruned of All Objectionable Matter. London: Vizetelly, Branston, and Co. 1832.

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• "Ass and Lamb." 292-293.
• "Bird-Call." 241-243.
• "Brook and Fountain." 151-152.
• "Man and his Coat." 345-346.
• "Silly Champaigne." 199-201.
• "Wagoner and Butterfly." 99-100.
• "Wine and Water." 143-144.

   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.
  20 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "The Boys and the Frogs." 140.
• "The Captive Bird." 145.
• "The Cat and the Hound." 143.
• "The Child and the Rod." 144.
• "The Dog and his Master." 141.
• "Drunkenness: a Satire." 136-138.
• "The Fool and the Sage." 142.
• "The Haughty Rat." 143.
• "How Much to Drink." 135-136.
• "The King." 139.
• "The Lazy Oxen." 139.
• "The Mosquito and the Fly." 139-140.
• "The Philosopher." 145.
• "The Ram and the Jackass." 140.
• "The Shepherd and his Sheep." 144-145.
• "The Standish and the Pen." 141.
• The Tallow-Candle and the Torch." 141-142.
• "The Tortoise and the Mouse." 142.
• "The Two Painters." 143-144.
• "The War of Chocino"; canto I. 128-135.

  40 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: 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.

  52 Fables and Parables. Trans. Christopher Kasparek. [A translation of Bajki: wybór. Ed. Zdzisław Libera. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. 1974.] Wikisource.
  The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom. Trans. Thomas H. Hoisington. Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP. 1992.
  "A Perfect Marriage." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995. 28-29.
  "A Perfect Marriage." Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. New York: Hippocrene. 2000. 324.
  Polish Fables. Trans. Gerard T. Kapolka. New York: Hippocrene. 1997. In English and Polish.
  The War of Chocim: Canto I. Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827. 123-134.

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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 Poland . . .. Trans. unknown. London: J. Isted. 1733.Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP. 1992.

Aleksander Linowski (c.1760-1820)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Tadeusz Matuszewicz (1765-1819)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Józef Epifani Minasowicz (1718-1796)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

August Moszyński (1730-1786)
  "The Further We Go, the Worse Things Get." Trans. Christine Baycroft. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 123-125.

Anna Mostowska (circa 1762-circa 1833)
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Ignacy Nagurczewski (1725-1811)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Constellation of Animals." 95-97.
• "Who Is Foolish?" 97.

  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, IN: 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.

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

Regina Salomea Rusiecka Pilsztynowa (Halpir) (1718-after 1760)
  The Conduct of My Life's Travels and Adventures. Trans. and ed. Władysław Roczniak and Lynn Lubamersky. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria U. in U. Toronto. Forthcoming.

Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1732-1798)
  "English Education." Trans. Kate Wilson. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 119-123.

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, UK: Dedalus. 1990.
  "Travels in Search of Slavic Antiquities." Trans. Christina Baycroft. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 146-148.

Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705-1753)
  Selected Works. Trans. Patrick John Corness. Ed. Barbara Judkowiak. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria U. in U. Toronto. Forthcoming.

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

  A Warning for Poland: excerpt. Trans. Alfred Bloch. The Real Poland: An Anthology of National Self-Perception. New York: Continuum. 1982. 80-82.

Józef Symonowski (1748-1801)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

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, IN: 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.

  "Balloon." Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 153-154.

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

Konstanty Tymieniecki (1767-1814)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1755-1787)
  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "My Wife." 147-148.
• "What One Likes." 148-150.

  2 Poems. from Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827.

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• "My Wife: A Dream [edited]." 137-140. [Bowring's note: "The more licentious parts of this poem I have omitted."]
• "What We Like." 140-142.

  4 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: 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.

  "The Dream-Wife." Trans. not identified. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of all Ages and Nations. Vol. XIV. Eds. Lionel Strachey et. al. New York: The Review of Reviews. 1906. 251-252.

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  "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.
  Excerpts from his diaries. Trans. Edward J. Czerwiński. In America Through Polish Eyes: An Anthology.. Ed. Bogdan Grzeloński. Warsaw: Interpress. 1988. 15-30.
  Excerpts from his diaries. Trans. Edward J. Czerwiński. In America Through Polish Eyes: An Anthology.. Ed. Bogdan Grzeloński. Warsaw: Interpress. 1988. 15-30.

Jan Paweł Woronicz (1757-1829)
  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "From the Temple of the Sybil." 120-121.
• "Love and Virtue." 121.
• "The Poles." 121.

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

  Jeszcze Polska nie zgnela (Poland's Soul Has Not Departed): Polish National Hymn [in E flat]. Trans. William J. Rose. London: Augener. 1939.
  "Poland Is Not Yet Lost." Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 201.

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

  Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009.

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

LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

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

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