Danesi e svedesi nelle Memorie di Jan Chryzostom Pasek e nel Diluvio di Henryk Sienkiewicz

The image of Swedes and Danes in Polish literature has been conveyed by two closely intertwined texts, Jan Chryzostom Pasek’s memoirs, written in the 1690s and first published in 1836, and Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel The Deluge, published in 1886. Both texts are related to the so-called Second Northern War (1655-60) and the invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Carl Gustav of Sweden’s armies. As Pasek took part in Stefan Czarniecki’s expedition to Denmark in 1658, he had the opportunity to visit that country and get acquainted with the habits and customs of its inhabitants. Pasek’s... Mehr ...