| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 351 pages) : illustrations |
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Biography monographs |
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Biography monograph.
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| Contents |
Philippe Lejeune, explorer of the diary / Julie Rak -- Dialogue with the future : Philippe Lejeune's method and theory of diary -- Introduction -- The diary : origins -- The diary : theory -- The diary : practices -- Conclusion -- Selected works of Philippe Lejeune |
| Summary |
On Diary is the second collection in English of the groundbreaking and profoundly influential work of one of the best-known and provocative theorists of autobiography and diary. Ranging from the diary's historical origins to its pervasive presence on the Internet, from the spiritual journey of the sixteenth century to the diary of Anne Frank, and from the materials and methods of diary writing to the question of how diaries end, these essays display Philippe Lejeune's expertise, eloquence, passion, and humor as a commentator on the functions, practices, and significance of keeping or reading a diary. Lejeune is a leading European critic and theorist of diary and autobiography. His landmark essay, "The Autobiographical Pact," has shaped life writing studies for more than thirty years, and his many books and essays have repeatedly opened up new vistas for scholarship. As Michael Riffaterre notes, "Lejeune's work on autobiography is the most original, powerful, effective approach to a difficult subject. ... His style is very personal, lively. It grabs the reader as scholarship rarely does. Lejeune's erudition and methodology are impeccable." Two substantial introductory essays by Jeremy Popkin and Julie Rak place Lejeune's work within its critical and theoretical traditions and comment on his central importance within the fields of life writing, literary genetic studies, and cultural studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-341) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
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| SUBJECT |
Lejeune, Philippe, 1938- fast |
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Lejeune, Philippe Philologe. swd |
| Subject |
Diaries -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Diaries
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Literaturtheorie
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Tagebuch
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Dagböcker -- historia.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948- editor.
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Rak, Julie, 1966- editor.
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Durnin, Katherine, translator
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University of Hawaii at Manoa. Biographical Research Center.
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| LC no. |
2009006294 |
| ISBN |
9781441620248 |
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1441620249 |
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9780824863784 |
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082486378X |
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