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An in-depth look at British–Polish literary pre-Enlightenment contacts, The Call of Albion explores how the reverberations of British religious upheavals in distant Poland–Lithuania surprisingly se...
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25 July 2024

An in-depth look at British–Polish literary pre-Enlightenment contacts, The Call of Albion explores how the reverberations of British religious upheavals in distant Poland–Lithuania surprisingly served to strengthen the impact of English, Scottish, and Welsh works on Polish literature. This book argues that Jesuits played a key role in that process. It provides an insightful account of how the transmission, translation, and recontextualization of key publications by British Protestants and Catholics served Calvinist and Jesuit agendas, while occasionally bypassing barriers between confessionally defined textual communities and inspiring Polish–Lithuanian political thought, as well as literary tastes.
Price: $163.00
Pages: 470
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Jesuit Studies
Publication Date:
25 July 2024
ISBN: 9789004460263
Format: Hardcover
“The book is a landmark contribution to early modern literary studies. By exploring the processes of translation, adaptation, and ideological transformation, Hanusiewicz-Lavallee offers fresh insights into the role of literature in shaping religious and cultural identities. Her meticulous research and nuanced analysis make this book an indispensable resource for scholars of early modern European literature, translation studies, and Jesuit history.”
Piotr Wilczek, University of Warsaw. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2025), pp. 168–170.
Piotr Wilczek, University of Warsaw. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2025), pp. 168–170.
Mirosława Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 1992) is professor of early modern Polish literature at the Catholic University of Lublin. In addition to four monographs on Polish literature and culture, she has edited or co-edited ten further volumes, most recently Defining the Identity of the Younger Europe (Brill, 2023).