1st Edition
Women's Diaries as Narrative in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
By Catherine Delafield
Copyright 2009
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2009, this book investigates the cultural significance of nineteenth-century women’s writing and reading practices. Beginning with an examination of non-fictional diaries and the practice of diary writing, it assesses the interaction between the fictional diary and other forms of literary production such as epistolary narrative, the periodical, the factual document and... Read more
Acknowledgements; A note on Texts; Introduction: Performing to Strangers; Part I: The Diary Model; 1. The Diary in the Nineteenth Century 2. The Female Diarist in the Nineteenth Century 3. The Diary in Print; Part 2: The Diary and Literary Production; 4. The Diary and Women Writers 5. The Diary and the Epistolary Form 6. The Diary and Serial Narrative 7. The Diary and the Documentary 8. The Diary and Sensation Fiction; Part 3: The Diary as Narrative; 9. The Diary Narrating the Novel; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Catherine Delafield
