Wydawnicze losy twórczości Zygmunta Krasińskiego w latach 1828–1914

Abstract

The aim of the article is to examine the publication of Zygmunt Krasiński’s works in the period of Poland’s partition. At least 177 editions of Krasiński’s works in 290 volumes were published in the analyzed period. Krasiński’s publications were issued in the entire territory of Poland’s parts, and also abroad, however nearly40 per cent came from Austrian provinces (Lvov, Krakow, Zloczów) almost 30 per cent from abroad (among all from Paris), nearly every fifth title – from the Russian part of Poland (from Warsaw) and nearly every eighth title – Prussian provinces (mainly from Mikolów and Poznań.) The most active popularizers of Krasiński’s oeuvre included such companies as Gebethner &Wolff, Gubrynowicz & Schmidt, Księgarnia Polska (in Paris), Księgarnia Polska (in Lvov), Karol Miarka (the younger). Initially, Krasiński’s works were published anonymously mainly abroad. Domestic output was boosted in the 2nd part of the 70s (mainly in Galicia), especially after the 1905 Revolution (in the Kingdom of Poland). The biggest amount of books issued in 1912., to commemorise poet’s 100th birth anniversary. As late as in the in 20th century first critical editions began to appear, a vast majority of editions though was published as a part of series, especially inexpensive series intended for mass readership. Some pieces published in Warsaw had been censored. So publishers from outside the cordon were adopting their editions to censorship conditions valid within the Russian part, omitting parts of texts, or making up the others.