Notes on the Authorship of Two Publications Attributed to Zahari Stoyanov

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Pages: 323-351
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/BQPI1865

Abstract:

In this article, two cases of false attribution of authorship to Zahari Stoyanov are analyzed. The first case is a review published in the Savetnik paper (Sliven) in 1882. Zahari Stoyanov’s authorship of this review is rejected because of the great stylistic differences and the lack of linguistic wealth in it, which are so typical of the reviews written by Zahari Stoyanov. The second case is a feature entitled “Socialism in Bulgaria”, published in the Svoboda paper in 1887. Its stylistics, linguistic wealth and some aspects of the text are analyzed. The analysis is also based on some documents that show, according to us, the possible author or forger of the text of “Socialism in Bulgaria” – Dimitar Petkov. As a result of the analysis, we can conclude that Zahari Stoyanov was neither a socialist, nor a diehard antisocialist like the author of the feature, wrongly attributed to Zahari Stoyanov.

Keywords:

Zahari Stoyanov; Dimitar Petkov; Savetnik paper; Svoboda paper; socialism

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