Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk

(Wedding speeches from the diary of Michał Obuchowicz (critical edition))

Year of publication: 2014
Page range: 12 (81-92)
Keywords: oratory, Michał Obuchowicz, wedding oration, critical edition
Author: Katarzyna Chruściel (The University of Silesia)

Abstract

The subject of the editio critica are two wedding speeches, written anonymously together with the diary of Michał Leon Obuchowicz (the manuscript from the Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik). The first speech is from the wedding of Prudencja Gosiewska and the second one is the exemplary speech made while giving the bride to the groom. There is a hypothesis that Michał Leon Obuchowicz is actually the author of both speeches. Even though the diaries were edited twice (in 1859, Vilnus and 2003, Warsaw), the texts have never been published.The author of the article postulates for including the editio critica in the editions of old diaries.

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