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				A rich anthology of 16th-century Polish prosewriting commented upon
				from the point of view of linguistics, history of literature and history
				of culture and preceded by an erudite introduction which locates prose-
				writing in the cultural landscape of the epoch. It presents Polish prose-writing
				in all its aspects: historical, social, and political, scholary and religious
				as well as fiction. Many texts appear here for the first time since the
				16th century: they testify to the significance of Polish prose at the time
				in the contemporary Europe.
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