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Central Europe in Mickiewicz’s Thought and Deed during the European Revolution (1848-1849). The Croatian Tropes.

Jerzy Fiećko ; Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology, AMU Poznań, Poland


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Abstract

In the 40s of the 19th century Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) was considered one of the greatest writers of Polish Romanticism. On top of that, he was one of the most recognizable Poles in Europe with strong political involvement, known for opposing any forms of political despotism. In the era of the European Revolution of 1848-1849 he entered the realm of politics with significant impetus and among all else was counting on the Balkans to become one of the main stages of an antiAustrian campaign, being convinced that especially among the Croatians there is a strong potential and willingness to rebel. His ideas on this area collided with Austro-Slavism and several other views and were finally defeated with Jelačić’s policy. The collapse of the liberation movements in Central Europe for him was due to the consequence of the lack of profound cooperation between the enslaved nations and he saw it as a triumpf of destructive egoism over solidarity.

Keywords

Adam Mickiewicz; anti-Austrian movement; Revolution 1848; Balkan; Slavic nations

Hrčak ID:

206850

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/206850

Publication date:

10.9.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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