Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (He lived in the years 1621 – 1693) He is the most outstanding representative of court baroque poetry in Poland. This writing was patronized by Giambattista Marino (Morsztyn just just processed some of his songs), Valued Italian Baroque poet. The name Marinism comes from his name, determining the direction in poetry, which paid special attention to the formal championship, court elegance, Ability to play with words – The domain of this creativity was primarily erotica.
Take, like Marina was the poetry of Morsztyn, writer with a sublime taste, great literary culture. She was characterized by the virtuosity of the word, but at the same time it is unfair to convince the unambiguous domination of this poet forms over the content. This lyrics do not include a great circle of experience, topics, It is intimate, It moves mainly among the props of court culture, salons (You can find yourself in their paintings and slightly ironic notes). However, creating poetic miniatures, discovered by Morsztyn areas previously unknown to Polish poetry. Was, above all, revealing in psychological terms, he could reflect the subtlety of feelings, show. Polish love rhetoric has significantly expanded to him, Once and today is still poor, proof of the highest craftsmanship, The punch line of individual poems is often a joke.
Morsztyn represented the current, which also gained the name of poetry of world pleasure. He is a writer who knows and loving life, wanting to make the most of it for a moment. Of course, He was not foreign to his anxieties (having mainly a source in religion) people of that period, but he pulled different from them, np. from Sęp Szarzyński, Practical indications. Nothing can be changed in order, So you should use life, enjoy. Give in to the desires of the senses, Naturally, as part of the court behavior conventions.
Love decide on the beauty of life in Morsztyn's work: both conventional, court, and sensual, bodily. Hence, in his lyrics so many descriptions of women's beauty, Analysis of the states of the spirit of someone, Who loves: separation pain, jealousy, uncertainty, anxiety about the chosen one. There are also joking poems on these topics. He also wrote very bold erotica, Today they would probably be considered obscene, indecent. Anyway, The unnecessary morsel is considered the best erotic poem of the Old Polish era.
According to Morsztyn, Poetry should primarily shock readers, surprise with the uniqueness of metaphors and other artistic tricks, amazed the accuracy of the paradoxes built, surprising comparisons and accurate punch. Sophisticated concepts certainly do not lack in this lyrics, which took up the rest and important topics, np. religious. The poet has often played with the language of literature, He stylized him, He created poetic puzzles, complex metaphors and concepts.