{"product_id":"dramatic-works-hardcover","title":"Dramatic Works - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKrasiński Zygmunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles S. Kraszewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"God hath denied me that angelic measure \/ Without which no man sees in me the poet,\" writes Zygmunt Krasiński in one of his most recognisable lyrics. Yet while it may be true that his lyric output cannot rival in quality the verses of the other two great Polish Romantics, Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Slowacki, Krasiński's dramatic muse gives no ground to any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Glagoslav edition of the \u003cem\u003eDramatic Works \u003c\/em\u003eof Zygmunt Krasiński provides the English reader, for the first time, with all of Krasiński's plays in the translation of Charles S. Kraszewski. These include the sweeping costume drama \u003cem\u003eIrydion, \u003c\/em\u003ein which the author sets forth the grievances of his occupied nation through the fable of an uprising of Greeks and barbarians against the dissipated emperor Heliogabalus, and, of course, the monumental drama on which his international fame rests: the \u003cem\u003eUndivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cosmic play, which defies simple description, the \u003cem\u003eUndivine Comedy \u003c\/em\u003eis both a de-masking of the Byronic ideal of the poet, whose nefarious, and selfish devotion to the ideal has evil consequences for real human beings, and a prophetic warning of the fratricidal class warfare that was to roil the first decades of the twentieth century. The \u003cem\u003eUndivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e is intriguing in the way that the author presents both sides of this question -- the republican and that of the \u003cem\u003eancien régime -- \u003c\/em\u003ewith sympathy and understanding. It is also striking how -- in 1830 -- the author foresaw the problems of the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Czeslaw Milosz once put it, Krasiński was insightfully commenting on Marxism while Karl Marx was still in high school. The \u003cem\u003eDramatic Works\u003c\/em\u003e of Zygmunt Krasiński also include the unfinished play \u003cem\u003e1846\u003c\/em\u003e, which hints at how the author would have handled a work meant for the traditional stage, and the \u003cem\u003eUnfinished Poem -- \u003c\/em\u003ethe Dantean \"prequel\" to the \u003cem\u003eUndivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, on which Krasiński was working at his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published with the support of the Hanna and Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Polish and introduced by Charles S. Kraszewski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published with the support of the Hanna and Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublishers Maxim Hodak \u0026amp; Max Mendor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 566\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48391784890617,"sku":"9781912894086","price":44.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OkWSKBkCV-9781912894086.webp?v=1778532852","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dramatic-works-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}