Diary Poetics by Anna Jackson

Diary Poetics by Anna Jackson

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The diary is a genre that is often thought of as virtually formless. Focusing on the diaries of Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Antonia White, Joe Orton, John Cheever, and Sylvia Plath, this book looks at how six very different professional writers have approached the diary form with its particular demands and literary potential.

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Diary Poetics by Anna Jackson

The diary is a genre that is often thought of as virtually formless. Focusing on the diaries of Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Antonia White, Joe Orton, John Cheever, and Sylvia Plath, this book looks at how six very different professional writers have approached the diary form with its particular demands and literary potential.

Anna Jackson lectures in English at Victoria University of Wellington. She is the author, with Charles Ferrall, of Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950: The Age of Adolescence.

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ISBN 13 9780415998314
ISBN 10 041599831X
Title Diary Poetics
Author Anna Jackson
Series Routledge Studies In Twentieth-Century Literature
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2010-04-07
Number of pages 186
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.