Śladami jezuickiego cenzora-ekspurgatora. Rec.: Izabela Wiencek-Sielska, Przekreśl, wytnij, zaszyj. Siedemnastowieczny cenzor ‒ studium przypadku. Warszawa 2024. „Studia Staropolskie. Series Nova”. Tom LV (CX)
Tracing the Jesuit Censor-Expurgator. Rev.: Izabela Wiencek-Sielska, Przekreśl, wytnij, zaszyj. Siedemnastowieczny cenzor ‒ studium przypadku. Warszawa 2024. „Studia Staropolskie. Series Nova”. Tom LV (CX)

Summary/Abstract: Izabela Wiencek-Sielska’s monograph “Przekreśl, wytnij, zaszyj. Siedemnastowieczny cenzor ‒ studium przypadku” (“Cross out, cut out, sew on! The Case Study of a 17th Century Censor,” 2024) is a comprehensive and erudite study dedicated to a unique collection of old prints from the library of The Jesuit College of Łomża, and to the activities of its carer and guardian—Andrzej Obrembski. The author, analysing the traces of the censor’s reading and interfering into hundreds of volumes, reconstructs his workshop and discloses the mechanisms of book culture functioning and the control of ideas circulation in the post-Tridentine epoch. The paper combines a microhistorical perspective with a broad historical-literary background, offering various establishments referring to reading, censorship, and the 17th c. intellectual life. At the same time, it offers a methodological guide to research in old books and its users.

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