Nie tylko pochwała rodu – o znaczeniu ramy wydawniczej Komedyj i tragedyj Franciszki Urszuli Radziwiłłowej w upamiętnieniu pierwszej polskiej dramatopisarki

• Authors: Maciejewska Iwona

Title variants

EN

NOT ONLY PRAISE FOR THE FAMILY – ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FRONT MATTER AND END MATTER OF THE KOMEDYJE I TRAGEDYJE [COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES] BY FRANCISZKA URSZULA RADZIWIŁŁOWA IN COMMEMORATING THE FIRST POLISH FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is an analysis of the function of elements of front matter and end matter in the collection of sixteen plays by Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa. The collection was published shortly after the death of the author, thanks to the efforts of her assistant, Jakub Fryczyński, who actively supported the Princess at Nesvizh in her theatrical undertakings for many years. Published in 1754 and dedicated to the aristocrat’s daughters, the tome was the second consecutive initiative aiming at sharing Radziwiłłowa’s literary work with a wider audience. The first attempt was undertaken still in the author’s lifetime, and abandoned for reasons unknown to us today. An analysis of the dedication and foreword for the reader allows one to characterise the role of these elements in a publishing undertaking which was unusual for its time, depicting a member of a great aristocratic family not as a wife, mother, or respected matron, but as a learned woman, a bibliophile and, most of all, a writer.

Keywords

PL

Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa; Jakub Fryczyński; twórczość kobiet; teatr XVIII wieku; rama wydawnicza

EN

Franiszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa; Jakub Fryczyński; women’s artistic works; eighteenth century theatre; front matter and end matter

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 26: ERRARE HUMANUM EST. BŁĘDY W BADANIACH HUMANISTYCZNYCH, ICH RODZAJE I KONSEKWENCJE
• Pages: 249-263

Contributors

author

Maciejewska Iwona

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie