Cathérine Le Grand dans les écrits de Charles-Joseph de Ligne
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2012-06-26
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Catherine the Great in the writings of Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne
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Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1735-1814), a Wallon and European Prince, subject of the Austro-Hungary Empire, a heartbreaker of the French Europe, is considered the most famous representative of literary cosmopolitanism. War, love and writing were inseparable in his life. He took part in numerous military
campaigns, serving both Austria and Russia, as a Russian colonel, a commander of the order of Maria Theresa, and an Austrian fi eld marshal. He authored various texts related to war; he admired heroism
of Charles II, Conde, the tactics of Frederick II, the strategies of Napoleon, Catherine II. The latter was immportalized in de Ligne’s various texts representing different literary genres. The Prince was clearly fascinated by the Empress, and he depicted her in a positive light as an educated person, both agreable and determined. Can we, however, talk about the documentary character of his work ? Instead, the Prince seems to be a documentalist-interpreter.
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18th century, History and literature, Prince de Ligne, Empress Catherine II
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Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2012, vol. 39, nr 1, pp. 41-48
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978-83-232-2410-5
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0137-2475