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This article deals with the subject of the reception of periodic press in Royal Prussia in the most authoritative histories of the Polish press in the 18th century. Although the newspapers and periodicals of that region make up c. 25% of the total output of the press published in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, they have been ignored or at best marginalized, even in the most comprehensive and...
In 1818 the alumni of the Volhynian Gymnasium started publishing a number of periodicals including Ćwiczenia Naukowe. Oddział literatury (Scientific Exercises: Literary Section) and Pamiętnik Naukowy. Oddział literatury (The Scientific Memoir: Literary Section). They had a clear editorial line with a special focus on nationality. Although they were not inspired by Romanticism, they did prepare the...
Published in 1925–1926 at Łuniniec in Polesie Krasnoye Znamya was the only Russian-language paper of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) in the interwar period. Its circulation fluctuated between 1500–2000 copies. Most of its articles were written by editor-in-chief and Sejm deputy Stanisław Wolicki. The paper ran into difficulties after launching a campaign of criticism against the local administration;...
This article looks at the popularity of famous cartoon characters in Polish satirical magazines of the interwar period from the point of view of statistics. The source material consists of twenty annual volumes of seven very different periodicals dedicated to satire and humour. They are Szczutka (A Fillip), Muchy (Flies), Cyrulik Warszawski (The Warsaw Barber), Wróble na dachu (Sparrows on the Roof),...
Review of book: Elżbieta Kossewska - She Hasn’t Stopped Talking Polish Yet, But She Laughs in Hebrew. Polish-language Party Press and Cultural Integration of Polish Jews in Israel (1948–1970)
This is a second instalment of the article on the Warsaw Przyjaciel Dzieci, whose first part appeared in the previous issue of the RHHP. The author examines the popular science contents of the periodical in the area of natural science, geography and travel, ‘good behaviour’ and history, while paying close attention to the way in which the editors coped with censorship, especially in the field of history...
Review of book: Grażyna Woźny - Contributions from Peasants of the Ropczyce and Dębica Counties to the Agrarian Press (From the Late 19th Century Until 1939)
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