A Guide to the Heavens The Literary Reception of Herman Hugo's "Pia Desideria" in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

• Main Author: Grześkowiak, Radosław
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Brill 2023; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Amor Divinus; Benedictines; Biography, Literature and Literary studies; Boëtius à Bolswert; c 1500 onwards to present day; Christian life-Early works to 1800; Discalced Carmelites; Divine Love; Eastern Europe; Europe; Hendrik Aertssens; Herman Hugo; History and Archaeology; Jesus Christ; Language and Linguistics; Linguistics; Literary studies: general; Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general; Literature: history and criticism; Mikołaj Mieleszko; Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa; Place qualifiers; Poland; Polish–Lithuanian state; Prints and printmaking; Radosław Grześkowiak; Religious and ceremonial art; The Arts; The Arts: art forms; The Arts: treatments and subjects; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DT Eastern Europe::1DTP Poland; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFH Prints and printmaking; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGR Religious and ceremonial art; thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFP Translation and interpretation; thema EDItEUR::D Biography; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology; Time period qualifiers; Translation and interpretation; Warsaw; Zbigniew Morsztyn
• ISBN: 9789004547377; 9004547371; 9789004547285; 9004547282
• DOI: 10.1163/9789004547285

This is the first monographic study of the reception of Herman Hugo's emblem book Pia desideria (1624) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It discusses ten different translations and adaptations, showing how the engravings, elegies and exegetical extracts of the original edition were used by Polish-speaking authors. Attention is also given to the reception of the engravings in paintings. Furthermore, the author examines the reasons for the book's popularity, proving that it was determined by the interest of women who did not know Latin, yet constituted the most important target group for the numerous and varied Polish adaptations.