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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793914503321

Titolo

The Diary : The Epic of Everyday Life / / edited by Batsheva Ben-Amosand Dan Ben-Amos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-253-04699-8

0-253-04695-5

0-253-04696-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (492 pages)

Disciplina

808.06692

Soggetti

Literature, Modern

Diaries

Authors - Biography

Authors - Biography - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - 19th century - History and criticism

Diaries - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--