Pisarze polskiego kontroświecenia : portret zbiorowy = Writers of the polish counter-enlightenment : a collective portrait

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Pisarze polskiego kontroświecenia : portret zbiorowy = Writers of the polish counter-enlightenment : a collective portrait / Martyna Deszczyńska. W: Wiek Oświecenia. [T.] 39 (2023), s. 73-91.

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Deszczyńska Martyna Autor

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Subject

Duchowieństwo katolickie Tematy i motywy Literatura polska Oświecenie Pisarze polscy Szlachta Polska

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Artykuł z czasopisma historycznego Artykuł problemowy Artykuł z czasopisma filologicznego

Domain

Historia Literaturoznawstwo Religia i duchowość

Okres

d1753 d1824

Dokument nadrzędny: Wiek Oświecenia. [T.] 39 (2023), Oświecenie nieoczywiste / [redaktor naczelny Zofia Rejman] ; Uniwersytet Warszawski.

Lata 1753-1824.

The article describes a group of one hundred and twenty Polish authors who were active from about the mid-18th to the mid-19th century and formed part of the Counter-Enlightenment movement. The writers in question came from the gentry but mostly belonged to the clergy, with diocesan priests being the most numerous. The next largest group were the Jesuits, followed by the Piarists and missionaries, and the smallest part was made up of representatives of all the other circles. The authors came from the eastern lands of the former First Polish Republic, i.e., Małopolska and Podlasie. The issues they discussed were influenced by the nature of the vocation pursued by a given order, the unification and standardization of religious education in accordance with the Catholic Enlightenment, and to a lesser extent, by foreign studies (mainly in Rome) and access to libraries. Counter-Enlightenment writers were active in large centers – Warsaw, Vilnius, Krakow, and Lviv, less often in the provinces. As many as eighty-seven of them were authors of more than two original works, and eighteen were translators of foreign works on the subject. Some authors were promoted by representatives of the magnates; others benefited from the support of the clerical hierarchy. Most, however, acted independently.

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Lata 1753-1824.

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Streszczenie w języku angielskim.