Diary Fiction
Author | : H. Porter Abbott |
Publisher | : Ithaca : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1984 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015008483342 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Diary Fiction written by H. Porter Abbott and published by Ithaca : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.