{"product_id":"the-diary-the-epic-of-everyday-life-9780253046994","title":"The Diary: The Epic of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. \u003ci\u003eThe Diary\u003c\/i\u003e offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features, poetics, and rhetoric. The contributors to this volume examine theories and interpretations relating to writing and studying diaries; the formation of diary canons in the United Kingdom, France, United States, and Brazil; and the ways in which handwritten diaries are transformed through processes of publication and digitization. The authors also explore different diary formats, including the travel diary, the private diary, conflict diaries written during periods of crisis, and the diaries of the digital era, such as blogs. \u003ci\u003eThe Diary\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the genre, synthesizing decades of interdisciplinary study to enrich our understanding of, research about, and engagement with the diary as literary form and historical documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Batsheva Ben-Amos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253046994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatsheva Ben-Amos is Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature in the College of Professional and Liberal Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a practicing clinician and has written about Holocaust diaries. Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of numerous titles, including \u003ci\u003eSweet Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFolklore in Context\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJewish Folk Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, ( in Hebrew and Russian), and a translator of\u003ci\u003e In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jerome R.Mintz). He is editor of \u003ci\u003eFolklore Genres\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Folktales of the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e (volumes 1-3 ), \u003ci\u003eFolklore: Performance and Communication \u003c\/i\u003e(with Kenneth S. Goldstein) and of\u003ci\u003e Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (with Liliane Weissberg).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40042137288819,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_acd9cdbf-b14f-4e6d-b7d4-a0c4d409c0f1.jpg?v=1651014529","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-diary-the-epic-of-everyday-life-9780253046994","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}