January 11, 2002

Modern Literary Cultures? Not Poles Apart

By CARLIN ROMANO

The weathered details of the Villa Decius here, its splendid loggia overlooking the snowy Wolski Woods just 10 minutes from downtown Kraków, make it easy to throw the mind back to the 16th century.

Locals claim that Erasmus himself, traveling impresario of the Northern Renaissance, dropped by after Justus Decius (erudite adviser to King Zygmunt the Old) transformed his late-Gothic manor into Palladian-like splendor. Yes, Desiderius himself, devoted salesman of classical

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