The Private Life of the Diary - From Pepys to Tweets - A History of the Diary as an Art Form

In a beautiful literary exploration, Sally Bayley tracks the evolution - and the potential twenty first century death of - the diary, mourning what it means to lose the art of writing simply for oneself.

About the author

Sally Bayley is a writer and lecturer in English at Hertford College, Oxford. She is the author of a number of books including Girl With Dove and No Boys Play Here. She writes and performs A Reading Life, A Writing Life, a podcast for a world in crisis. Her website is: https://sallybayley.com/

Summary

In a beautiful literary exploration, Sally Bayley tracks the evolution – and the potential twenty first century death of – the diary, mourning what it means to lose the art of writing simply for oneself.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Bayley, Bayley Sally
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780008414153
• ISBN: 978-0-00-841415-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Diaries, letters & journals, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historiography, SELF-HELP / Journaling, HISTORY / Essays, Autobiography: literary, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Historiography, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Autobiography: writers, C 1700 To C 1800