POLISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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Anonymous -- "About the Life and Miracles of Saint Kinga" (15th c.)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992.
  Excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "Bogurodzica" ("Mother of God") (circa 13th-15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 13.
  2 audio files of the hymn sung in Polish, along with a brief discussion of it by Maja Trochimczyk. Polish Music Reference Center, University of Southern California.
  Links to 2 audio files and a link to a page offering an English translation by Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line. (Mikoś's translation is also accessible at http://www.staropolska.gimnazjum.com.pl/ang/middleages/rel_poetry/Mother_of_God.php3).
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 65.
  Trans. David Welsh, on Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry website.
  Trans. David Welsh. Dagensvisa.
  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. 7-9.
  "Bogurodzica": the First Poem Composed in Polish: a Polyglot Opus in Forty Languages. Ed. Z. W. Wolkowski. Paris: Z.W. Wolkowski. 2003.
  Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Trans. Jarosław Zawadzki. Shenzhen, 2007. 10-11.

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Anonymous -- "Christ is Risen" (14th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 67.

Anonymous -- "Conversation of a Master with Death" (ca 1463)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 83-97.
  Trans. David Welsh, 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. 33-59.

Anonymous -- Court Oaths and Depositions (14th & 15th c.)

Anonymous -- "Easter Song" (1365)

Anonymous -- "The Formulary of Jerzy" (early 15th c.)

Anonymous -- "Glad tidings came to us. . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 35.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "The Gniezno Sermons." (15th c.)
  VI: "About Saint Bartholomew." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 119-121.

Anonymous -- "Hail, O star of the sea . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 59-61.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "Holy Ghost, Come . . ." (15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 69.

Anonymous -- "An Indecent Song" ("Cantilena Inhonesta") (14th & 15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 149-150.

Anonymous -- "Induction of Mary . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 37-41.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "I tell you of the joys . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 21-25.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "Jesus Christ, God Man . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 75-76.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "Kazania Świętokrzyskie" ("Holy Cross Sermons") (13-14th c.)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 115-117.
  Excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "Lament of a Dying Man" (15th c.)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 79-82.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
  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. 61-73.

Anonymous -- "Laments of the Mother of God under the Cross" ("The Holy Cross Lament," "Listen, dear brothers . . .") (15th c.)
   Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 77-78.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
   Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer, on Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry website.
  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. 15-19.

Anonymous -- "The Legend of Saint Alexis" (ca 1454)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 97-106.

Anonymous -- "The Legend of Saint Dorothy" (ca 1420)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 107-112.

Anonymous -- "The living God's liberality . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 49-53.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "The Lord's mysteries are immense. . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 27-33.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- Love Letter from the Codex of Marcin of Międzyrzecze (1426-1429)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 153.

Anonymous -- Medical Prescriptions (15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 163-164.

Anonymous -- "Meditation on the Life of Jesus" (15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 123-127.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line (Excerpts).

Anonymous -- "O Mary, spotless virgin . . ." (14-15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 55-57.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "O Mary, virginal flower . . ." (15-16th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 43-45.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "A Poem on Marriage" (14th c.)
  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. 75-77.

Anonymous -- "Poems about the Months" (dates unknown)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 167-170.

Anonymous -- The Prayer Book of Nawojka (15th c.)
  Excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 129-130.

Anonymous -- "A pure little flower . . ." (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 63-64.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Anonymous -- "A Satire on Lazy Peasants" (15th c.)
  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. 29-31.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 141.

Anonymous -- "Shedding Tears Stood the Mother" ("Stała Matka"/"Stabat Mater") (15th c.)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 47.

Anonymous -- "Song about Marriage." (15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 147.

Anonymous -- "The Swiętosław Codex" (1449)
  Trans. from Latin to Polish by Swiętosław; from Polish to English by Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 159-161.

Anonymous -- Third Rule of the Order of Saint Francis (15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 131-133.

Anonymous -- "The Treacherous Confessor" [an Exemplum] (14th & 15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 155-156.

Anonymous -- "Two Epigrams" (possibly 15th c.)
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 187-189.

Godzisław Baszko (13th c.)
  Chronicle of Great Poland [excerpt].Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 23-25.

Konrad Celtis (1450-1508)
   Selections. Ed. and Trans. Leonard Wilson Forster. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP. 1948.
   "To Sepulus the Superstitious." Trans. W. H. Bond. In Poema Humanistica Decem: Renaissance Latin Poems with English Translations. Cambridge, MA: Friends of the Houghton Library. 1986. 15.
  Epigrams: "On the Customs of the Sarmatians" and "On the Fasting of the Sarmatians." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 173-174.
  2 Pieces on the Sarmatians. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "On the Customs of the Sarmatians."
• "On the Fasting of the Sarmatians."

Stanisław Ciołek (1382-1437)
  "Praise of Cracow." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 183-185.
  "Praise of Cracow." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Janko of Czarnków (1320-1387)
  Chronicle [excerpts].Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 27-31.

Jan Długosz (1415-1480)
  Annals or Chronicles [excerpts]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 33-61.
  The Annals: excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
  The Annals. Trans. Maurice Michael. West Sussex, UK: IM Publications. 1997.

Andrzej or Jedrzej Gałka of Dobczyn (ca 1400-1450)
  "Song on Wycliffe." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 143-145.

Gallus Anonymous (12th c.)
  Polish Chronicle [excerpts]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 5-15.
  Polish Chronicle, excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Władysław z Gielniowa (circa 1440-1505)
   Trans. and ed. Roman Mazurkiewicz and Michael J. Mikoś. The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002. 15-19.
  "Anna, a barren woman . . ." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
  "When Augustus Was King." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 71-74.
  "When Augustus Was King." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Wincenty Kadłubek (1160-1223)
  Polish Chronicle [excerpt]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 17-21.

Filip Kallimach [Filippo Buonaccorsi] (1437-1496)
  "To Jacyntus Wawrzyniec." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 175-176.

Wincenty of Kielcza (d. after 1261)
  "About the Life and Miracles of Saint Stanisław" [excerpts]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 207-211.
  "Rejoice, o Mother Poland" ("Gaude Mater Polonia" / "O ciesz się, Matko Polsko.") Wikipedia. Partial English lyrics, along with lyrics in Latin and Polish.

Michał of Kleparz (15th or 16th c.)
  "A Story about the Abbot Carried off by the Devil." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 181-182.

Jan of Ludzisko (ca 1400-1460)
  "Address to Welcome Kazimierz the Jagiellonian When He Arrrived in Cracow for his Coronation." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 191-196.

Jan Ostroróg (1436-1501)
  "Treatise on Improving the Republic" [excerpt]. Trans. Alfred Bloch. The Real Poland: An Anthology of National Self-Perception. New York: Continuum. 1982. 76-77.
  "Treatise on Improving the Republic" [excerpt]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 197-199.
  Treatise on Improving the Republic [excerpt]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

Brother Stanisław Polak (dates unknown)
  "About the Life and Miracles of Saint Hyacinth" [excerpts]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 213-215.

Bruno of Querfurt (circa 970-1009)
  Letter to King Henry II: On his Alliance with the Pagans. Trans. W. L. North. Monumenta Poloniae Historica. Ed. H. Harwasińska. Warsaw: Państowowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1973. p7-106. E-book.
  "Life of Saint Adalbert" [excerpts]. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 203-206.
  The Mystery of Romuald and the Five Brothers: Stories from the Benedictines & Camaldolese. Trans. Thomas Matus. Trabuco Canyon, CA: Source Books, 1994. [Bruno's tale is one of the stories.]

Brother Seweryn (16th c.)
  2 exempla from The Crown of the Flowers of Saint Francis. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992.

• "Exemplum of the Blessed Euzebiusz." 221-223.
• "Exemplum about Unworthy People Receiving Holy Communion." 223.

Przecław Słota [Złota] (14-15th c.)
   "Poem on Table Manners." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 137-140.
  "Poem on Table Manners." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
   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. 21-27.

Jan Sommerfelt (? - 1501.)
  "Epitaph for Kallimach." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992. 177.

COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES

   Medieval Literature of Poland: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. New York: Garland. [now Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis]. 1992.

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

   Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century: a Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Warsaw: Constans. 1999.

   The Virgin Mary's Crown: A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry. Ed. and trans. Roman Mazurkiewiz and Michael J. Mikoś. Kraków: Collegium Columbinum. 2002.

LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

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

  Mikoś, Michael J. "Middle Ages: Literary Background." From Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. A Bilingual Anthology. Michael J. Mikoś. Warsaw: Constans. 1999. Staropolska On-line.

  Kotarski, Edmund. "Polish Poetry of the Middle Ages." Virtual Library of Polish Literature. Uniwersytet Gdański.

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