Time, Space, and Gender in the Nineteenth-Century British Diary
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | R. Steinitz | ISBN: | 9780230339606 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | October 24, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. Steinitz |
| ISBN: | 9780230339606 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | October 24, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
