Who was Bonawentura Pleciuch, the author of a poem “A Plea to Guardian Angels to save us from gothicism” (1822)?

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is an attempt to determine the authorship of a poem entitled “A Plea to Guardian Angels to save us from gothicism” published in 1822 under the pseudonym of Bonawentura Pleciuch. In my analysis I propose a hypothesis that the poem’s satirical tone and the place of its publication, local periodical Krakus, allow us to link it with the name of Konstanty Majeranowski. I discuss Majeranowski’s literary activity, paying special attention to his feature columns entitled A Philospohical Scrap, all of which in high probability suggests his authorship of “A Plea to Guardian Angels…”.