Time, Space, and Gender in the Nineteenth-Century British Diary

Steinitz, R.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-10-05

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349296958

DOI: 10.1057/9780230339606

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 272