Wedding day and wedding reception evening in the poetry from the Stanisław August Poniatowski period. An initial study

Wedding day and wedding reception evening in the poetry 57 This discussion of wedding works by authors from the second half of the 18 th century is based on a preliminary study of literary material spanning several decades.Its aim is to identify the main threads and topics raised in selected texts, as well as to focus on the diverse framing of corresponding compositional elements.Most of the selected works focusses on praising the newlyweds, and specific stages or elements of domestic matrimonial etiquette.Such works were created not only by occasional poets, often publishing anonymously, or mediocre men of letters (e.g., Urban Szostowicz), but also by talented writers (Naruszewicz, Stanisaw Trembecki or Franciszek Zabocki).They were published as ephemera, in original collections of poetry, an in Zabawy Przyjemne i Poyteczne [Pleasant and Useful Activities].For moral reasons, texts which included sophisticated erotic accents or obscene element were circulated in manuscript copies.Among the texts selected for a closer presentation, the blessing by Maria Sybilla Scheidemantel, included in the marriage rite, for her son Henryk Gotfryd and his wife Julianna Karolina Antonia Gottschalkin seems particularly distinct for its personal expression.Its translation received a special separate publication in 1773, and three years later it was published in Zabawy Przyjemne i Poyteczne. 9Nothing more about Maria Sybilla ne Stengel's poetic aptitude is known, which may indicate that the occasional poem was commissioned, which in the case of wedding poetry was a standard practice in the centuries prior. 10 The text was sent to the young couple from Warsaw as the mother did not participate in her son's wedding.She decided not to leave Poland during the turbulent time when the country was stricken by 'aony cios' ['piteous blow'].9 See "Henrykowi Gotfredowi Scheidemantel, profesorowi na akademii jeneskiej, synowi, i Juliannie Karolinie Antoninie Gottschalkin, maonkom, macierzyskie bogosawiestwo przysane od Marii Sibilli Scheidemantel z Warszawy" [To Henryk Gotfred Scheidemantel, professor at the Jena Academy, my son, and Julianna Karolina Antonina Gottschalkin, spouses, maternal blessing sent from Maria Sybilla Scheidemantel], Zabawy Przyjemne i

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