Przywileje dam mężatek… z drugiej połowy XVIII stulecia

Abstract

The article is an edition of an anonymous print from the second half of XVIII century: Przywileje dam mężatek niemieckim językiem pisane, dla powszechnej zabawy na polski przełożone i do druku podane w tym roku with its essential introduction. The author focused on the literary and socio – moral context that was important for the work to be created. Moreover, the author framed the possible circle of an unknown artist inspiration and she established the direct text model that is a picaresque work titled Sejm białogłowski. While analysing, the author paid attention to the similarities and differences between the texts. She also proved that at the end of XVIII century, despite new circumstances and socio‑moral infuences. the picaresques works arose interest of contemporary writers and became an artistic inspiration for them.