Adam Mickiewicz Criticism: Further Reading

"Mickiewicz, the Polish Poet," The Athenaeum 97 (September 1829): 553. (Argues Mickiewicz's literary importance.)

"Polish Literature," Westminster Review 60, No. 11 (1 April 1879): 359-86. (Surveys Polish and Slavic literature, including praise for Mickiewicz poetry.)

Adam, Christopher, "Crimean Sonnets," Revue Canadienne des Slavistes 40, Nos. 3-4 (September-December 1998): 413-32. (Discusses the difficulties in translating the Polish poems into English and then presents his translation of Mickiewicz's Crimean Sonnets.)

Czajkowska, Krystyna, "Unknown Mickiewicz Letter," Polish Perspectives 22, No. 3 (March 1979): 61-64. (Comments on the volume of letters by the author and the challenge of collecting them for publication.)

Frick, David A., "Mickiewicz and the Poetics of Prophecy," The Polish Review XXIX, Nos. 1-2 (1984): 135-40. (Reviews two critical works on Mickiewicz by Wiktor Weintraub.)

Gerould, Daniel, "From Adam Mickiewicz's Lectures on Slavic Literature Given at the College de France," Drama Review 30, No. 3 (Fall 1986): 91-97. (Evaluates the dramatic work of Mickiewicz and presents a translation of Mickiewicz's lecture on Slavic drama.)

Milosz, Czeslaw, "Mickiewicz and Modern Poetry," The American Slavic and East European Review VII (1948): 361-68. (Refutes claims that Mickiewicz writes within the European romantic tradition.)

Morelowski, Jan, "Elements of Law in the Works of Poland's Greatest Poets," Polish Review 19, Nos. 3-4 (1974): 151-56. (Contrasts the influence of legal concepts on Mickiewicz and Juliusz Slowacki's poetry.)

Wesling, Molly, "Pushkin, Mickiewicz and the South," Slavia Orientalis XLI, No. 3 (1992): 3-10. (Studies the influence of Pushkin and Mickiewicz on each other's Crimean poetry.)

Zoltowski, Adam, "Catholicism and Christian Democracy in Poland," Polish Civilization New York University Press: 1979, pp. 198-213. (Explores the prevalence of Catholicism in Polish culture and politics, focusing on Mickiewicz's poetry as an example of the dominant position of Catholicism.)

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