Dzienniki Adeli Kieniewicz: kobieta pisząca przełomu XIX i XX wieku
The Diary of Adela Kieniewicz: A Woman Writing at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Summary/Abstract: Nadana-Sokołowska presents preliminary findings of a study of the vast collection of diaries that came to light when members of the research project “Pamiętniki i listy polskich autorów z Ziem Zabranych” [Diaries and Letters of Polish Writers from the Lands Annexed by the Russian Empire], directed by Wiesław Caban searched the Central Historical Archives in Kiev. Nadana-Sokołowska discusses the significance of these documents for research on women’s autobiographies in Poland in the context of autobiography studies (e.g. Girard, Didier, Lejeune). Reading these diaries alongside the journals of Zofia Nałkowska and Anna Iwaszkiewicz, Nadana-Sokołowska explores the religiosity of life writing and the resulting inner conflict concerning the diary writer’s literary creativity.

• Details
• Contents