Abstract
The article discusses in a synetic way the history of life writing in Poland from the Middle Ages to the present. It presents the most important genres of life writing in Poland, profiles of authors and the most important achievements against the historical and cultural background.
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1 See Mencwel; Michałowska.
2 See Kürbis.
3 Zieniewicz, 39.
4 Grochowski, 294.
5 See Nycz.
6 See Więckiewicz-Archacka.
7 Czermińska, 8.
8 See Teksty Drugie no. 3 (2018): Ustanawianie świadka.
9 Ziątek, 49.
11 Leociak, 341.
12 Janion, 406–407.
13 Hellich, 13–14.
15 Rodak, “Fenomen pisania,” 10.
16 Ibid.
17 See Łukianow.
18 Iwasiów, 108–135.
20 See Warkocki.
21 Makowski, 271.
22 See Roszak.
23 See Skwarczyńska.
24 See Nycz, Sylwy.
25 See Czerska.
26 See Łopatyńska.
27 Karpiński, 168.
28 Cieński, “Pamiętniki.” See also: Cieński, „Z dziejów pamiętników w Polsce.”
29 See Siwicka.
30 Dziechcińska, 37. See also: Dziechcińska, Hanna. O staropolskich dziennikach podróży. Warszawa: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN, 1991; Dziechcińska, Hanna. Świat i człowiek w pamiętnikach trzech stuleci—XVI, XVII, XVIII. Warszawa: IBL PAN, 2003.
31 See Kowalczyk.
32 See Kozicka.
33 Wichrowa and Ostrowski, 35.
34 Poklewska, 34.
35 See Zimand.
36 Gutkowska, 26.
37 Jarzębski, 173.
38 Galant, 103.
39 Drewnowski, 83.
40 Rodak, Między zapisem, 569.
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Lucyna Marzec
Lucyna Marzec, is an academic and critic, editor-in-chief of Czas Kultury magazine, and scholar in fields of literary theory, gender studies and history of Polish and European literature. She works at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań as an assistant professor at the Department of Polish and Classical Philology. Author of academic articles in the field of life writing (especially letters, biographies and archives) and books: Papiery po Iłłakowiczównie. Archiwum jako przedmiot badań [Iłłakowiczówna’s Papers. The Archive as Research Object] (2022), Spór o Granicę Zofii Nałkowskiej [The Polemic Over Zofia Nałkowska’s Granica] (2019), Po kądzieli. Feministyczne pisarstwo Jadwigi Żylińskiej [On The Distaff Side. Jadwiga Żylińska’s Feminist Writing] (2014).