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Onufry Zagłoba
Jan Onufry Zagłoba is a fictional character in the ''Trilogy'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Together with other characters of ''The Trilogy'', Zagłoba engages in various adventures, fighting for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and seeking adventures and glory. Zagłoba is seen as one of Sienkiewicz most popular and significant characters. While he has often been compared to William Shakespeare, Shakespearean character of Falstaff, he also goes through extensive character development, becoming a jovial and cunning hero. Fictional character biography After meeting another character of the ''Trilogy'', Jan Skrzetuski, Zagłoba, until now living a meaningless life of a Szlachta#Szlachta categories, petty noble, trying to survive by exploiting the good faith of others, becomes drawn into the company of hero-like personas, and slowly changes, to become worthy of their trust and friendship. Together with them, Zagłoba engages in various adventures, fighting for the Polish–Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Stachiewicz
Piotr Stachiewicz (29 October 1858, , (now Ukraine) - 14 April 1938, Kraków) was a Polish painter and illustrator. Biography From 1877 to 1883, he studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Florian Cynk. From 1883 to 1885, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with Otto Seitz. Upon graduating, he took an extensive trip, visiting Italy, Greece and Jerusalem. After that, he settled in Kraków, where he painted portraits, historical scenes and religious art. During this period, he created some of his best-known works; a series featuring the famous model, , wearing traditional folk costumes. He also designed mosaics for the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kraków, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1889, he became a member of the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts and served as its Vice-President from 1900 to 1913. In 1893, he refused an offer to be named Director of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodor Parnicki
Teodor Parnicki (1908–1988) was a Polish writer, notable for his historical novels. He is especially renowned for works related to the early medieval Middle East, the late Roman and the Byzantine Empires. Life Teodor Parnicki was born March 5, 1908, to a Polish father and a Polish Jewish mother, in Berlin, where his father, Bronisław Parnicki, had been studying at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin). Upon receiving a doctorate, the family moved to Moscow, where Parnicki's father worked for various Russian companies. After the outbreak of World War I, the Parnicki family - officially citizens of Germany - had to abandon Moscow and move to Ufa, where Parnicki's mother died soon afterwards. Bronisław Parnicki then married a Russian woman who sent young Teodor to a cadet corps school in Omsk and then Vladivostok. Tired of the military drill, at the age of 12 Parnicki escaped from the cadet school and reached Harbin in Manchuria, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bolland Osborn
Edward Bolland Osborn (1867–1938) was a British journalist, author and editor. Born in London in 1867, Osborn was the first son of Edward Haydon Osborn, an Inspector of Factories. He was educated at Rossall School, before matriculating at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied mathematics. Osborn worked for a period under W. E. Henley on the ''National Observer'', alongside J. M. Barrie and H. G. Wells. In 1895, owing to ill-health, he travelled to Canada for a year's holiday, but ended up staying until 1900. During this time, he made a special study of Canadian history and development, publishing ''Greater Canada'' in 1900, whilst also writing occasionally for ''The Times'' and other British journals. The majority of Osborn's journalistic career was spent as literary editor of ''The Morning Post'', which was later absorbed by ''The Daily Telegraph''. He remained an employee of the combined newspaper for the rest of his life. In addition to his newspaper work, Osborn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps (January 2, 1865 New Haven, Connecticut – August 21, 1943 New Haven, Connecticut) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous books and articles. Early life and education Phelps's father Sylvanus Dryden Phelps was a Baptist minister, and the family had deep ancestral roots in Massachusetts Bay Colony. William, as a child, was a friend of Frank Hubbard, the son of Langdon Hubbard, a lumber merchant who founded Huron City, Michigan. Phelps earned a B.A. and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1887, writing an honors thesis on the ''Idealism of George Berkeley''. He earned his Ph.D. in 1891 from Yale and in the same year his A.M. from Harvard. He taught at Harvard for a year, and then returned to Yale where he was offered a position in the English department. He taught at Yale unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chmielnicki Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, allied with the Crimean Tatars and local Ukrainian peasantry, fought against Commonwealth's forces. The insurgency was accompanied by mass atrocities committed by Cossacks against prisoners of war and the civilian population, especially Poles, Jews and Roman Catholic and Ruthenian Uniate clergy, as well as savage reprisals by loyalist Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, the ''voivode'' of Ruthenian descent (military governor) of the Ruthenian Voivodeship. The uprising has a symbolic meaning in the history of Ukraine's relationship with Poland and Russia. It ended the Polish Catholic ''szlachta''′s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Frenz
Horst Frenz (June 29, 1912 – November 17, 1990) was a German-American literary scholar and a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and English at Indiana University. He is known for his works on comparative literature. Life Horst Frenz was born on June 29, 1912, in Oberlauringen, Germany. He obtained his Ph.D. in English from the University of Goettingen in 1936 and an MA from University of Illinois in 1939. He began teaching at Indiana University from 1940 since retirement in 1981. He was a founder of the Comparative Literature program at IU and its first chair from 1949 to 1977. Frenz was a president of the American Comparative Literature Association (1971-1974) and a president of the International Comparative Literature Association The International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) (French: Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée—AILC) is an international organization for international research in comparative literature. Founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Dyboski
Roman Dyboski (19 November 1883 in Cieszyn – 1 June 1945 in Kraków) was a Polish philologist and literature scholar. Professor at the Jagiellonian University since 1911. Member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He was son of Antoni Dyboski and Maria Łopuszańska. Publications * ''William Shakespeare''. Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza, 1927. * ''O Anglji i Anglikach''. Wyd. F. Hoesick, Warszawa, 1929. * ''Knighthode and Bataile: A XVth Century Verse Paraphrase of Flavius Vegetius Renatus Treatise 'De Re Militari'', Oxford (EETS ''Eets'' (also known as ''Eets: Hunger. It's emotional.'') is a 2D puzzle video game developed by Klei Entertainment and released on March 27, 2006 for Microsoft Windows. It was later released for Mac OS X on December 9, 2010. Both the Windows ...), 1935. * ''Między literaturą a życiem''. 1936. * ''Wielcy pisarze amerykańscy''. Wyd. PAX, 1958. Footnotes External links * * * Tomasz PudłockiIdea uniwersytetu według Romana Dyboskiego R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Wolodyjowski
''Pan Wołodyjowski'' (titled in English as ''Pan Michael'', 1893, and ''Fire in the Steppe'', 1992; other titles used in English discourse include ''Colonel Wołodyjowski'', ''Sir Michael'' and ''Sir Wołodyjowski'') is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1887. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles as " The Trilogy", being preceded by ''With Fire and Sword'' (''Ogniem i mieczem'', 1884) and '' The Deluge'' (''Potop'', 1886). The novel's protagonist is Michał Wołodyjowski. Plot summary Chapters 1–5 Michael Wołodyjowski has retired to a monastery after the death of his betrothed, Anna Borzobogati. At Częstochowa. Kharlamp, an acquaintance, goes to see Andrzej Kmicic to get his help in persuading him to leave it. He and Zagłoba make a journey to consult Yan, and it is finally Zagłoba who offers to speak to Wołodyjowski. Making his way to Warsaw, Zagłoba meets his old friend, Hassling-Ketling, a Scot, who now resides in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deluge (novel)
''The Deluge'' () is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," having been preceded by ''With Fire and Sword'' (''Ogniem i mieczem'', 1884) and followed by ''Fire in the Steppe'' (''Pan Wołodyjowski'', 1888). The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth soldier and noble Andrzej Kmicic and shows a panorama of the Commonwealth during its historical period of Deluge (history), the Deluge, which was a part of Northern Wars, the Northern Wars. Plot Chapters I – V The novel begins with a description of the families living in and around the district of Rossyeni, the oldest and most powerful of which are the Billeviches. Aleksandra Billevich, the granddaughter of the chief hunter of Upita, has been orphaned and left in the care of the szlachta, noble families. She is destined to marry Andrei Kmita (Polish: Andrzej Kmicic), whose father wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
