Polacy o Włochach – Włosi o Polakach. Język, literatura, kultura: I polacchi a proposito degli italiani – gli italiani a proposito dei polacchi. Lingua, letteratura, cultura

Magdalena Pietrzak; Małgorzata Mieszek; Anna Lenartowicz-Zagrodna; Magdalena Wismont; Maria Berkan-Jabłońska; Adam Mazurkiewicz; Karolina Kołodziej

doi:10.18778/8331-960-5

Poles about Italians – Italians about Poles. Language, literature, culture

I polacchi a proposito degli italiani – gli italiani a proposito dei polacchi. Lingua, letteratura, cultura

Magdalena Pietrzak (ed.)

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny, Zakład Historii Języka Polskiego

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-356X (unauthenticated)

Małgorzata Mieszek (ed.)

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny, Zakład Literatury Dawnej, Edytorstwa i Nauk Pomocniczych

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-6233 (unauthenticated)

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ISBN-13 (15) 978-83-8331-960-5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5

Keywords: Polish-Italian linguistic contacts, Polish literature of the 16th–20th centuries, loanwords, Nobel Prize in Literature

Published: 2 December 2025

Categories: Polish philology, Open Access

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The monograph is composed of three parts devoted respectively to language, literature, and culture, all examined within the context of Polish–Italian relations. The linguistically oriented section includes lectures devoted to lexis (Polish–Italian lexical borrowings over the centuries, Italian vocabulary in Polish culinary terminology), paremiology (linguistic and semantic similarities and differences), and the history of the Polish language. A separate paper addresses Latin–Polish linguistic contacts. Latin not only gave rise to the Romance languages but also served as the first language of the Polish elite. The section concludes with an analysis of three travel reports by Henryk Sienkiewicz from his journey to Italy. The literary section comprises studies devoted, respectively, to Polish–Italian literary relations from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries and to the influence exerted by the works of Giambattista Marino on Polish Baroque authors in terms of poetics, stylistics, and thematic scope. Subsequent papers explore the impact of Italian literature and culture on the generation of Polish Romantics and post-Romantics. One study focuses on ekphrastic poems by selected Polish poets. The literary section concludes with a lecture presenting the figure and work of Stanisław Lem. The section on culture opens with a paper devoted to Hetman Jan Zamoyski, followed by a study discussing Polish–Italian relations on the dynastic, diplomatic, and political levels, showing how these contacts contributed to the incorporation of cultural and social elements in both Poland and Italy. The monograph concludes with a lecture presenting the five Polish laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature and outlining the reception of their works in Italy.

Introduction

Magdalena Pietrzak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.01

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Selected Chapters in the History of the Polish Language

Magdalena Pietrzak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.02

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Polish–Latin language Contacts in a brief

Anna Lenartowicz-Zagrodna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.03

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Italian Loanwords in the History of the Polish Language (16th–19th Centuries)

Magdalena Pietrzak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.04

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The lion’s share of communication – about idioms in language

Magdalena Wismont

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.05

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‘Włoszczyzna’ in Polish: Italianisms in Polish Culinary Vocabulary

Magdalena Pietrzak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.06

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Magdalena Wismont

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.07

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The image of women in Italian and Polish as exemplified by proverbs and idioms

Magdalena Wismont

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.08

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Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Bella Italia. A Linguistic Perspective

Magdalena Pietrzak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.09

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Polish–Italian cultural and literary relations from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century

Małgorzata Mieszek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.10

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Echoes of marinism in the poetry of the Polish Baroque in selected examples

Małgorzata Mieszek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.11

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Italy of Polish romantics

Maria Berkan-Jabłońska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.12

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The Italian experiences of Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883) and Teofil Lenartowicz (1822–1893)

Maria Berkan-Jabłońska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.13

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Italian art – Polish poems. A few examples

Maria Berkan-Jabłońska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.14

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Stanisław Lem – a versatile writer

Adam Mazurkiewicz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.15

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Jan Zamoyski (1542-1605) – Polish Paduan

Małgorzata Mieszek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.16

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Polish-Italian dynastic and political relations and their influence on Polish and Italian culture in the 16th–18th centuries (selected issues)

Małgorzata Mieszek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.17

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“And it may even happen that, leaving books behind like a snake’s shed skin in order to escape forward from what one has done before, one receives the Nobel Prize.” – Czesław Miłosz, Polish Nobel Laureates

Karolina Kołodziej

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.18

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Lenartowicz-Zagrodna, Anna, Magdalena Wismont, Maria Berkan-Jabłońska, Adam Mazurkiewicz, and Karolina Kołodziej. 2025. Poles about Italians – Italians about Poles. Language, Literature, Culture: I Polacchi a Proposito Degli Italiani – Gli Italiani a Proposito Dei Polacchi. Lingua, Letteratura, Cultura. Edited by Magdalena Pietrzak and Małgorzata Mieszek. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-960-5.

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