{"product_id":"pan-tadeusz-hardcover","title":"Pan Tadeusz: An Epic Poem of Polish Life, Tradition, and History - 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\u003eAdam Mickiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA central work of Polish literature, \u003cem\u003ePan Tadeusz\u003c\/em\u003e presents a poetic narrative of life, conflict, and tradition in the final years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as an epic poem, the work is set in the early nineteenth century and follows the intertwined lives of noble families in the Lithuanian countryside. Through its narrative of feuds, reconciliation, and shifting loyalties, the poem captures a society shaped by custom, land, and memory. The setting, situated on the eve of political change, gives the work both a reflective and historical dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMickiewicz combines detailed description with a broader cultural perspective, presenting landscapes, social rituals, and daily life alongside larger questions of identity and national continuity. The poem's structure allows for both narrative development and digression, creating a work that moves between personal story and collective experience. Its language and form have made it a defining text within Polish literature, widely read for both its literary qualities and its cultural significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, activist, and professor. He is regarded as a national poet in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus. Born into Russian-occupied Lithuania, Mickiewicz was active in the struggle to win independence. He lived most of his life in exile in western Europe where he wrote freely of the occupation and taught Slavic literature. He died in Constantinople, where he had gone to help organize forces to fight against the Russians in the Crimean War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the translator: \u003c\/b\u003e Bill Johnston is a professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His translations include Witold Gombrowicz's \u003ci\u003eBacacay;\u003c\/i\u003e Magdalena Tulli's \u003ci\u003eDreams and Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoving Parts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlaw, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Red\u003c\/i\u003e; Jerzy Pilch's \u003ci\u003eHis Current Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e; Stefan Żeromski's \u003ci\u003eThe Faithful River\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFado\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDukla\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrzej Stasiuk. In 1999 he received a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship for Translation. In 2008 he won the inaugural Found in Translation Award for Tadeusz Rozewicz's \u003ci\u003enew poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2012 he was awarded the PEN Translation Prize and Three Percent's Best Translated Book Award for Myśliwski's \u003ci\u003eStone Upon Stone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47788062572729,"sku":"9781515430421","price":58.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/AWyBIOMsRE9781515430421.webp?v=1783834544","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/pan-tadeusz-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}