Norwid’s forgotten manuscript in the collections of the National Library of Ukraine in Kiev

  • Józef Franciszek Fert
Keywords: Cyprian Norwid; autograph; copy of the autograph; La religion de Mr le Sénateur Comte Victor Hugo; Władysław Chodźkiewicz; “Bluszcz”; Kiev; Uman

Abstract

The article presents the place of keeping (National Library of Ukraine in Kiev), the state of preservation and the juxtaposition with well-known publications of one of Norwid’s late poems, which is a kind of ironic mockery of the idolatry attitude of the French Republic of that time towards Victor Hugo. The manuscript has not been previously used as an important material in any editorial compilations of Norwid’s works; they used the first print of the poem published as part of Władysław Chodźkiewicz’s feature in the Warsaw periodical “Bluszcz” 1880, vol. 39, and its copy, which Chodźkiewicz received from Norwid. The article presents textual differences (relating mainly to punctuation) between the known versions of the poem and its Kyivan autograph.

References

Helleniusz E. [pseud.: Iwanowski Eustachy], Matka Boska na Jasnej Górze, Królowa Korony Polskiej. Pamiątka z z pielgrzymki odbytej w R. P. 1848, Paris 1852.

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Słownik języka Cypriana Norwida. Materiały, Cyprian Norwid Language Dictionary Division, University of Warsaw.

Trojanowiczowa Z., Lijewska E., with Pluta M., Kalendarz życia i twórczości Cypriana Norwida, vol. II: 1861-1883, Poznań 2007.

Published
2020-05-06
Section
Materials