Time, space, and gender in the nineteenth-century British diary
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Rebecca Steinitz.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(x, 272 pages) : illustrations
CONTENTS NOTE
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PART I: THE MANUSCRIPT DIARY --;Elizabeth Barrett, the Abandoned Diary, and the Challenge of Time --;Arthur Munby, the Endless Diary, and the Promise of Space --;Family, Gender, and the Intimate Diary --;PART II: THE DIARY IN PRINT --;The Politics of Publication --;Fiction and the Feminization of the Diary.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Through close examinations of diaries, diary publication, and diaries in fiction, this book explores how the diary's construction of time and space made it an invaluable and effective vehicle for the dominant discourses of the period; it also explains how the genre evolved into the feminine, emotive, private form we continue to privilege today.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English diaries -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.