The Victorian Diary Authorship and Emotional Labour |
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Author:
| Millim, Anne-Marie |
Series title: | The Nineteenth Century Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-317-01261-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Reading the diaries of well-known writers and public figures such as Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, Henry Crabb Robinson, George Eliot, George Gissing, John Ruskin, Edith Simcox and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anne-Marie Millim locates the diary at the intersection of the public and private spheres. Diaristic writing, Millim argues, played a crucial role in these writers' construction of authorship and in the management of their emotions for the purposes of perfecting their observational and...
More DescriptionReading the diaries of well-known writers and public figures such as Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, Henry Crabb Robinson, George Eliot, George Gissing, John Ruskin, Edith Simcox and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anne-Marie Millim locates the diary at the intersection of the public and private spheres. Diaristic writing, Millim argues, played a crucial role in these writers' construction of authorship and in the management of their emotions for the purposes of perfecting their observational and critical skills.