Balloons over Puławy. Eighteenth-century rituals of skyward expeditions in a poetic description
The article discusses literary testimonies of balloon flights in the 18th century, which in the eyes of the people of the time rose to the rank of a kind of ‘secular ritual’. The analysis of two texts – Adam Naruszewicz's poem Balon [The balloon] and Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin's poem Balo...
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| Language: | English |
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The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2024-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/napis/4482 |