Laments (Kochanowski)
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The Laments (also Lamentations or Threnodies; Polish: Treny, originally spelled Threny) is a series of nineteen threnodies (elegies) written in Polish by Jan Kochanowski and published in 1580. They are a high point of Polish Renaissance literature, and one of Kochanowski's signal achievements.[1][2][3]
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Author | Jan Kochanowski |
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Original title | Treny |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Genre | poetry |
Publisher | Drukarnia Łazarzowa |
Publication date | 1580 |
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