Republishing of F. Prokopovich's literary heritage in 18-20 centuries and editing problems

Feofan Prokopovich's literary and publicistic heritage is great and diverse. During the lifetime of Feofan Prokopovich, according to the calculations of the author of this article, 47 of his works were published. The total number of F. Prokopovich's works editions is 91. Prokopovich's works are of different genres and edition purposes. Their republishing of four centuries show the change of urgency of genres, distinctions in reception of his works within this period, and the change of reception and assessment of Peter the Great era, by example of Prokopovich's personality and creativity. The following genres became most demanded contemporaries and descendants. 1) Panegyrics. Their republishing was caused by anniversaries. Generally, panegyrics were republished as a part of collected works, various thematic collections and anthologies. 2) Theological essays. There were fewer editions of this genre than of panegyrics but they were in demand for a long time. 3) Teaching materials. The state was interested in a large number of republications. 4) Essays on reforms and policy of Peter the Great, e.g., "The truth of Monarchical Will" and "Spiritual Regulations", were published both I centuries, as well as 5) Historical works. 6) The Collected Works of Feofan Prokopovich were published twice: "Words and Speeches" (1760-1774) and "Compositions" (1961). However, both editions are selective. His complete works have not been published yet. Feofan Pro-kopovich's works are published in the anthologies of the 19th and 20th centuries, as the author is considered the brightest representative of oratorical prose of the era of Peter the Great. 7) F. Prokopovich's fiction existed in scrolls, they were copied but seldom published during his lifetime. The first attempt to create the bibliography of poetic works by F. Prokopovich belonged to S.F. Nakovalnin. Further I.Chistovich, V. N. Peretts, etc., add information to it. Thus, Feofan Prokopovich's diverse literary and publicistic heritage had various fate in the 18th-20th centuries. A part of his works was forever linked to the 18th century, other works had a longer life. For publishing and republishing of works by F. Prokopovich in the 18th-20th centuries various editorial principles were used. Editorial analysis of texts of different temporary layers proves it: 1) manuscript in Church Slavonic spelling, 2) manuscript in traditional spelling, 3) edition in Church Slavonic spelling and its version in the traditional one, 4) editions of the text of the 18th century in the 19th century in same, traditional, spelling. Certainly, during the three centuries the written language and its perception changed, the principles of publishing and editing of texts changed, too. In the 18th century the norms of the literary language are not developed yet. Editions of the 18th century are influenced by two systems: literary and colloquial. Linguistic corrections of editors are very flexible. The main attention is paid to elements obviously marked to the contemporary editor and reader, such as the infinitive of the verb, inflections of adjectives and nouns. Spelling, morphology and lexicon are generally edited. There are corrections of the Church Slavonic forms by the forms of the colloquial language of the 18th century. In the 19th century the aspects of editing change: the system of grammatical norms is already developed, and editors seek to correct the text by the norms of modern grammars. The publications of the 18th- 19th centuries can be characterized as modifying language features of the text. At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century there is a significantly new approach to editions - publication of texts as culture monuments (publishers seek to reproduce the manuscript or the edition most precisely). Such type is mostly used for publishing of works of art (e.g., obsolete spelling "Плачетъ пастушокь...''). Even in this type of editions punctuation can be modified, spelling - simplified and some features - changed.

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