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Type: fiction educational

Status: I recommend

Authors: Robert A Fothergill Thomas Mallon

Tags: life-writing

Description: What is the literary value of diaries? Some are merely day-to-day jottings; others provideWhat is the literary value of diaries? Some are merely day-to-day jottings; others provide a back-stage view of the worlds of are and politics; relatively few represent a conscious attempt to capture the daily essence and texture of their author’s lives, and as such can be considered works of art. In this enlightening study, Robert Fothergill deals particularly with the diaries which he believes to be of literary importance in their own right – those which were composed, more or less deliberately, as autobiographies in serial form. (cover material)...

2005-09-23