Vade-mecum (Norwid)
 Manuscript of Vade-mecum | |
| Author | Cyprian Kamil Norwid |
|---|---|
| Language | Polish |
| Genre | poetry |
| Publisher | Oficyna Poetów i Malarzy na Emigracji |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | England |
Vade-mecum is the most important collection of poetry by Cyprian Kamil Norwid.[1]
In 1865-1866 Cyprian Kamil Norwid gathered the poems he had been writing since the end of the 1840s into a large cycle, mecum-vade, however, it was not published during the poet's lifetime, but fragments of the cycle were published in 1903–1933.[2]
After Norwid's death, the manuscript of Vade-mecum was kept by his relatives, the Dybowski family and in 1898 it became the property of Zenon Przesmycki.[1] Przesmycki died during the Warsaw Uprising, but his archives, together with Norwid's legacy, were saved and after the World War II found their way to the National Library of Poland.[2] A phototype of manuscript was published by Wacław Borowy in 1947 and it was used as the basis for the first edition of Vade-mecum (Tunbridge, England 1953).[2] A critical edition of Norwid's cycle was prepared in 1966 by Juliusz Wiktor Gomulicki.[2] Since May 2024, an autograph copy of the Vade-mecum has been exhibited at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth.[3][1]
The one-hundred-poem collection includes poems which are so well known as With Hands Swollen from Clapping (Polish: Klaskaniem mając obrzękłe prawice), In Verona (Polish: W Weronie) and Chopin's Pianoforte (Polish: Fortepian Szopena) and is supplemented by a prose prologue, the poem Generalisations (Polish: Ogólniki).[2] Some poems had been published earlier, some were written specially for the cycle and some came from the lyrical codex, an earlier manuscript.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Makowski & Sapała 2024, p. 160.
- ^ a b c d e f More precious than gold 2003, section "Cyprian Norwid's Vade-mecum".
- ^ "Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors". National Library of Poland. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
Bibliography
[edit]- Makowski, Tomasz; Sapała, Patryk, eds. (2024). The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth. Warsaw: National Library of Poland.
- Tchórzewska-Kabata, Halina; Dąbrowski, Maciej, eds. (2003). More precious than gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library (electronic version) (PDF). Translated by Dorosz, Janina. Warsaw: National Library of Poland. ISBN 83-7009-402-3.