'MY LIFE FLOWS IN A TWOFOLD STREAM'. ON ZOFIA ROMANOWICZOWNA AND HER DIARIES ('Zycie moje dwoistym pradem plynie'. O Zofii Rromanowiczownie i jej dziennikach)

• Authors: Poklewska Krystyna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Zofia Romanowiczowna's 'Lvov Diary' (1842-1930) prepared and edited by Zbigniew Sudolski (vol. 1-2, Warszawa 2005) is a fascinating reading. It shows a complete life track of its authoress, leading simultaneously through historical, political, and social transformations, psychical alternations, and changes in the way of thinking and understanding of the world. Initially, Romanowiczowna is a young girl shaped by romantic culture, who tries to fulfill her role of 'angel', a consoler, a helper, and a man's confidante. As she fails to fit any of the roles for women of the epoch (a wife, a mother, a nun, a resident at the family), Romanowiczowna maturely and deliberately chooses to work for a few dozens of years as a teacher 'to earn her bread and cheese' and, at the same time, with the sense of social and national mission, she engages into women organizations of emancipation and independence. At the same time, we find records on the dreams of love and disappointment in love, wavering of the amplitude of religiousness and faith, the joy of friendship and kindness, and a bitter taste of loneliness and incomprehension. Life presented from the perspective of external events and internal sensations - this is Zofia Romanowiczowna's diary.

Keywords

EN

ROMANOWICZOWNA ZOFIA -'LVOV DIARY'

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 23-44
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Poklewska Krystyna

• Krystyna Poklewska, Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05572