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

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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, em...

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Main Author: Steinitz, Rebecca (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Gender Studies.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (284 pages)
ISBN:9780230339606
DOI:10.1057/9780230339606