Recording and Reordering
Essays on the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Diary and Journal
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Published on 1. May 2006
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-61148-240-9 (ISBN)
Description
Personal forms of writing such as the journal and the diary, which developed from the sixteenth century onward, remain a neglected field of study. Diaries and journals are often regarded as an artless transcript of reality, the raw 'data' for historical accounts, or as quaint records of domestic and foreign travel. Recording and Reordering is a collection of essays that discuss the diary and journal as a literary form, one that like any other form, only more self-consciously, is situated on the borders of private and public life. The essays offer approaches to the question of how a diary is written, who writes them, where, for whom, and in what form, as well as how they are published and edited. As a collection, these essays provide a new look at this fascinating genre.
Reviews / Votes
'Recording and Reordering...is of clear value to anyone interested in the interpretation and cultural theory, as well as the editing and history-of-editing, of diaries and journals-not only, but especially, those by women.' -- Adam Potkay, William R. Kenan Professor of the Humanities, The College of William and Mary * American Behavioral Scientist, Summer 2008 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cranbury
United States
Publishing group
Associated University Presses
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61148-240-9 (9781611482409)
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Persons
Dan Doll is associate professor of English at the University of New Orleans. Jessica Munns is professor of Literature at the University of Denver.