On Diary 9780824863784
On Diary is the second collection in English of the groundbreaking and profoundly influential work of one of the best-kn
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHILIPPE LEJEUNE, EXPLORER OF THE DIARY
DIALOGUE WITH THE FUTURE: PHILIPPE LEJEUNE’S METHOD AND THEORY OF DIARY
PART I: INTRODUCTION
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRIVATE JOURNAL: CHRONICLE OF AN INVESTIGATION (1986–1998)
PART II THE DIARY: ORIGINS
COUNTING AND MANAGING
SPIRITUAL JOURNALS IN FRANCE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
ON TODAY’S DATE
O MY PAPER!
MARC-ANTOINE JULLIEN: CONTROLLING TIME
WRITING WHILE WALKING
THE “JOURNAL DE JEUNE FILLE” IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE
PART III THE DIARY: THEORY
THE DIARY ON TRIAL
COMPOSING A DIARY
THE CONTINUOUS AND THE DISCONTINUOUS
HOW DO DIARIES END?
THE DIARY AS “ANTIFICTION”
PART IV THE DIARY: PRACTICES
AUTO-GENESIS: GENETIC STUDIES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS
HOW ANNE FRANK REWROTE THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
SURVEYING DIARIES, SURVEYING CULTURES
THE DIARY ON THE COMPUTER
DIARIES ON THE INTERNET: A YEAR OF READING
JOURNALS OF EXPLORATION
REREADING YOUR DIARY
PART V: CONCLUSION
LUCULLUS DINES WITH LUCULLUS
SELECTED WORKS OF PHILIPPE LEJEUNE
NAME INDEX
