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After presenting some writers living in the same literary epochs
and using similar styles in Essays on the Literature, A. R. Wielgus
demonstrates the words of K. Wojtyla, which are used in the ending
of one of his dramas that vengeance belongs to God in the novel of
The Old Widow and the Priest and reminds us that literary justice
is a struggle for truth in things as they are. Against all odds,
the old widow never lost her faith in the mercy of Father God.
The Sparks of Faith is about men and women who converted to
Catholicism or served it with zeal. England was a Catholic country
for 10 centuries. King Henry the VIII was the defender of the
faith. Although he broke with papacy and the Catholic Church, he
had written the book Defense of the Seven Sacraments. While the
Catholic Church was persecuted in England, some people (e. g.,
Thomas Merton, Gerard Manley Hopkins and others) converted back
from Anglicanism to Catholicism.
Jan Kochanowski (1530 - 1584) He was born in Sycyna and studied
among other places in universities of Cracow and Padua. Kochanowski
is a father of Slavic poetry. In his poetry, he used mainly eleven
and thirteen syllable hexameter. His poetry conveys imagery,
classical rhythm and contains beautiful language. In the Banner,
Albrecht is the Prince of the newly established, first protestant
country, named Prussia, which came to existence after
transformation of Teutonic Order by the advice of Martin Luther in
1525. J. Kochanowski lived only 54 years, but he was a witness of
his drama, "Dismissal of Grecian Envoys" to be played in front of
the king. During his lifetime, he was recognized as a famous poet.
His works were published also in Latin and he was respected well to
do writer. J. Kochanowski died when Shakespeare was 20 years old.
In the past Latin was a common language of writers. Nowadays,
English is the common language of literary artists. I wanted to
bring closer some great writers, e. g., K. Wojtyla, later Pope J.P.
II who already in his twenties was a great writer. He totally gave
up literary writings when he became a Cardinal. Just as the main
hero of his play, "Brother of Our God" did, when he totally devoted
his life to serve the homeless.
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