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The memoir writing. The history of a term and genre in the 19th century
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The author of the article presents in a concise way the history and geology of memoir writing as a documentary writing set between literature, publicity and science. The term of memoir writing, in modern meaning ‘personal document’, has been rooted social consciousness relatively late – in the 40s of the19th century and in the 50s, is commonly used in textbooks. The 17th and 18th century were the best periods for memoir writing but the 19th century was the period of publishing and deepening the reflection on the history of such records. This period is typical of the most remarkable attempts of theoretical presentation of the genre. The author tries to identify the phenomenon of the 19th century editorial boom, discusses the most important publishing centers and private initiatives. She also shows the most important published old memoir writing published at that time and ponders over their impact on the 19th century literature, mostly over historical novel. The reflection concerning the change in the attitude of literary criticism to diary, which took place in the 20th century, appears in the last part of the paper. From the memoir writing, which was one of many, not necessarily the most important sources of knowledge about the author and his times, to the memoir writing, which is equivalent to other works of the author having an additional value of authenticity.
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