The Creative Role of the Editor During the Reconstruction of a Lost Collection
In 1946, the Slovak poet Vojtech Mihálik (1926–2001) participated in a literary competition organized by the Tranoscius publishing house, in which he won second place with his collection of poems Ruža [The Rose]. However, the collection was never published. There is only one surviving bit of evidenc...
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Variants
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | In 1946, the Slovak poet Vojtech Mihálik (1926–2001) participated in a literary competition organized by the Tranoscius publishing house, in which he won second place with his collection of poems Ruža [The Rose]. However, the collection was never published. There is only one surviving bit of evidence: a tentative list of poem titles recorded in one of the author’s manuscript notebooks. What can a scholarly editor do in a situation like this, other than give up all hope of discovering the collection? A possible solution would be to try and reconstruct the collection in order to create a complete version. Since we cannot rely on the historical records of the collection, we will try to reconstruct it according to this list of poems and the author’s manuscripts from this period, which contain dated poems arranged in chronological order. This approach requires the use of methods that are uncommon in the context of the conventions of Slovak scholarly editing. A different solution would to attempt to present the alternatives that may be considered with regard to the instructions provided by the list of poem titles: i.e. presenting a dynamic reconstruction process. Individual goals may also inform the choice of a suitable presentation medium (a print edition vs. a digital edition). |
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