Diary Fiction Writing As Action |
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| Author:
| Abbott, H. Porter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-1713-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1984 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $37.50 |
Book Description:
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H. Porter Abbott explores the role of the personal diary and its use as a literary strategy in a number of representative works in fiction. He asserts that the device of the diary can give a work a unique literary reflexivity: the diary not only tells the tale but directly influences its development. This book serves as a guide to the field of diary fiction and at the same time sheds new light on issues central to the study of narrative and autobiography.
H. Porter Abbott explores the role of the personal diary and its use as a literary strategy in a number of representative works in fiction. He asserts that the device of the diary can give a work a unique literary reflexivity: the diary not only tells the tale but directly influences its development. This book serves as a guide to the field of diary fiction and at the same time sheds new light on issues central to the study of narrative and autobiography.