Form and Function in the Diary Novel

by Trevor Field

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349102112
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Edition description:	1st ed. 1989
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Definitions; history and evolution; mimetics; verisimilitude; parody; the character of the diarist.