First published in 2009, this book investigates the cultural significance of nineteenth-century women’s writing and reading practices. Beginning with an exami

First published in 2009, this book investigates the cultural significance of nineteenth-century women’s writing and reading practices. Beginning with an exami

Examining letter collections published in the second half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Delafield rereads the life-writing of Frances Burney, Charlotte B

Through close examinations of diaries, diary publication, and diaries in fiction, this book explores how the diary's construction of time and space made it an i

Letters are collaborative texts and can be used for writing lives together. This book revisits the material conditions for letter-writing and addresses issues o