Potíže s Erbenem. Osudy edičních prací nad korespondencí K. J. Erbena
Troubles with Erben. The fate of the editorial work on the correspondence of K. J. Erben

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the history of initial attempts to publish K. J. Erben’s correspondence. The opening part outlines the Czech Science and Art Academy’s (est. 1890) efforts and coordinative function in the second part of the 19th century to publish letters of Czech literature authors. First, Erben’s correspondence was edited by Josef Karásek (1868-1916), who proposed to sort out the letters according to the senders in respect to the subject matter and location. He left behind extensive material. Jan Kabelík (1864-1928) followed by Jiří Horák (1884-1975) were appointed by the Academy to finish the editing. Josef Jirásek (1884-1972) took the initiative to arrange Erben’s correspondence with the Slavists for publishing. After several unsuccessful attempts Jirásek managed to put the works through into the publishing scheme of the Academy Press (Nakladatelství ČSAV) in 1960s. Věnceslava Bechyňová (1920-2000) was appointed as the co-editor. Their book Slovanská korespondence Karla Jaromíra Erbena (1971) has up to now been the only completed part of Erben’s correspondence.

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