Book Sources of the Text of Ivan Bunin’s Early Works

This article presents the first attempt to shed light on an important source study issue: the degree of Ivan Bunin’s participation in the preparation of book editions of his early works of 1887–1902. In the light of the work on the first academic Complete Works and Letters of Ivan Bunin, it is necessary to investigate this problem in its own right in order to determine which editions are ‘authorial’ and thus can be considered sources for the textual work with the writer’s early works, and which editions are not. Drawing on all the known evidence (correspondence, publishing contracts and agreements, biographical data of the writer), we have examined in detail the history of the publication of several books by Bunin (poetry and prose collections). The degree of N. D. Teleshov’s participation in the preparation for the publication of two books by Bunin was estimated (proofreading and signing the book into print). Non-author’s book editions of Bunin’s works, to which the author had no relation whatsoever, have been identified (therefore, they cannot be sources for the scholarly (critical) publication of the writer’s works).

Keywords

Ivan Bunin, early works, text sources, source studies, textual criticism

Acknowledgment

The research was carried out at the expense of the grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation No. 22-18-00347 “Ivan Bunin’s early work: poetry, prose, criticism, journalism, translations (1883–1902)”.

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11.01.2023

Publication date

30.04.2023

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GOST	Morozov S. Book Sources of the Text of Ivan Bunin’s Early Works // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2023. – V. 82. – Issue 2 C. 77-85 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800025504-0-1 (circulation date: 22.07.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025504-0
MLA	Morozov, Sergey "Book Sources of the Text of Ivan Bunin’s Early Works." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82.2 (2023):77-85. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025504-0
APA	Morozov S. (2023). Book Sources of the Text of Ivan Bunin’s Early Works. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82(2), pp.77-85 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025504-0

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