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Poufny czy kontrolowany? O typologii dziewiętnastowiecznych dzienników kobiecych i dziewczęcych
Secret or Controlled? Types of Nineteenth-Century Diaries by Women and Girls

Author(s): Emilia Kolinko
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: diary writing; autobiographical practices; women’s history

Summary/Abstract: Kolinko develops a typology of diaries written by women and girls in the nineteenth century. She proposes concepts of the personal document related to this genre, such as the diary-letter, the secret diary, the controlled diary and a mother’s journal for her child. Kolinko also examines how these different types relate to one another and highlights the common practice where a writer would keep several journals at the same time.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 321-338
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish