Writing and Reading Diaries in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

• Autores: Victoria Stewart
• Localización: Literature and history, ISSN 0306-1973, Vol. 27, Nº 1, 2018, págs. 47-61
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Using the diaries of Jean Lucey Pratt as a case study, the article assesses the impact of the availability of published diaries in mid-twentieth-century Britain on conventions in diary-writing practice. Consideration is also given to the effect of Pratt’s involvement in Mass-Observation on her perception of her diary, and to the wider influence of Mass-Observation on twentieth-century diary-writing, given that this project troubles the idea of the diary as an individualistic, private form of writing.