LETTER-WRITING AS A FORM OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• Authors: Sikora A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The authoress reconstructs the history of letter-writing as a language form against the background of broader cultural changes. The letter-writing of the 17th and 18th centuries as well as salon culture and burgher sentimentality are subject to particular analysis. The purpose of that analysis is to recreate the conditions needed for the existence of the autobiography category - i.e. the recognition by a person of their own 'I' as unique and gifted with the ability to view life from the perspective of development and recognising sincerity as an important cultural value.

Keywords

EN

LETTER-WRITING (17TH & 18TH C.); SALON CULTURE; SINCERITY AS CULTURAL VALUE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-129
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sikora A.

• A. Sikora, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Kultury Polskiej, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26.28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA062316