The Victorian Diary Authorship and Emotional Labour |
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| Author:
| Millim, Anne-Marie |
| Series title: | The Nineteenth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-0286-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $109.95 |
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.