| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 477 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Diary Theories. 1. The Practice of Writing a Diary -- 2. Feminist Interpretations of the Diary -- 3. The Diary among Other Forms of Life Writing -- Part II. The Creation of a Diary Canon. 4. British Diary Canon Formation -- 5. The Diary in France and French-Speaking Countries -- 6. The American Diary Canon -- 7. Personal Writings and the Quest for National Identity in Brazil -- Part III. The Transformation of the Manuscript. 8. The Complicated Publication History of the Diaries of Anne Frank -- 9. Digitized Diary Archives -- Part IV. The Travel Diary. 10. British and North American Travel Writing and the Diary -- 11. Travel Diaries in Australia -- 12. Travel Diaries in Imperial China -- Part V. The Private Diary. -- 13. The Contemporary Personal Diary in France -- 14. Writing the Self, Writing History in Palestine -- 15. Sharing Secrets in Nineteenth-Century America -- 16. The Literary Author as Diarist -- Part VI. The Diary in Political Conflict. 17. The American Civil War : Confederate Women's Diaries -- 18. The Archive as a Diary of Resistance : Hendrik Witbooi, Nama Revolutionary, 1884-1905 -- 19. Diary and Narrative : French Soldiers and World War I -- 20. The Stalin-Era Diary -- 21. On Holocaust Diaries -- 22. Estonian Women's Deportation Diaries -- Part VII. Online Diaries. 23. From Puritans to Fitbit : Self-Improvement, Self-Tracking, and How to Keep a Diary -- 24. Online Diaries and Blogs -- 25. A Journey through Two Decades of Online Diary Community -- 26. GeoCities and Diaries on the Early Web |
| Summary |
"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features, poetics, and rhetoric. The contributors to this volume examine theories and interpretations relating to writing and studying diaries; the formation of diary canons in the United Kingdom, France, United States, and Brazil; and the ways in which handwritten diaries are transformed through processes of publication and digitization. The authors also explore different diary formats, including the travel diary, the private diary, conflict diaries written during periods of crisis, and the diaries of the digital era, such as blogs. The Diary offers a comprehensive overview of the genre, synthesizing decades of interdisciplinary study to enrich our understanding of, research about, and engagement with the diary as literary form and historical documentation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2020) |
| Subject |
Diaries -- History and criticism
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Authors -- Biography -- History and criticism
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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Authors -- Biography
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Diaries
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Literature, Modern
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| Genre/Form |
e-books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ben-Amos, Batsheva, editor.
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Ben-Amos, Dan, editor.
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| LC no. |
2019055944 |
| ISBN |
9780253046963 |
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0253046963 |
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9780253046956 |
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0253046955 |
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