Personal Effects - Reading the Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff

This book examines the genre and gender issues at stake in Marie Bashkirtseff's bid to go public with the personal. It explores the discursive strategies by which Bashkirtseff writes her journal from the private context of its keeping to a public context of reading.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Making an Exhibition of Oneself: The Preface 2. Show and Tell: The Reader within the Diary 3. On Display: The Details of Dress 4. Living On: Forms of Cultural Afterlife 5. Conclusion

About the author

Sonia Wilson

Summary

This book examines the genre and gender issues at stake in Marie Bashkirtseff's bid to go public with the personal. It explores the discursive strategies by which Bashkirtseff writes her journal from the private context of its keeping to a public context of reading.

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Wilson, Wilson Sonia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367602871
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60287-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900