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Form and Function in the Diary Novel

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Trevor Field

    1. University of Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Definitions

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    Pages 1-29

  3. History and Evolution

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    Pages 30-53

  4. Mimetics

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    Pages 54-92

  5. Verisimilitude

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    Pages 93-128

  6. Parody

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    Pages 129-143

  7. The Character of the Diarist

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    Pages 144-171

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 172-198
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A study of novels written in the form of diaries. Some 75 fictional diarists are followed, with examples ranging from light-hearted works to those of Nobel prize-winners like Sartre and Golding, which the author uses to illustrate the versatility of this literary form.
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    Trevor Field

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