Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Guide to Polish Pronunciation VII
4. Table of Contents IX
5. I. The Beginnings of Polish Culture 1
6. II. Early Literature and Culture 11
7. III. The Sixteenth Century: Humanism and Reformation 39
8. IV. The Seventeenth Century: Baroque Literature 93
9. V. The Eighteenth Century 123
10. VI. After The Partitions: Classicism and Pre-Romanticism 192
11. VII. Polish Romanticism Before 1830 213
12. VIII. Polish Romanticism after 1831 241
13. IX. Literature at Home after 1831 321
14. X. Positivism and Realism 347
15. XI. Young Poland 403
16. XII. Poland Reborn 472
17. Selected Bibliography 515
18. Index of Names 518