A literary diary is a subgenre of diary writing that is read and analysed as literature. It consists of dated, chronological entries that display stylistic, thematic, or narrative shaping and that are not necessarily intended for publication at the time of writing, but are often later adapted for circulation beyond private use.
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Notable Example Defining TraitStylistic and thematic shaping, including selection, revision, motif-building, and practices of literary self-fashioning 1 Literary Diary
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Source Miss Sophia's Diary (Wikipedia)
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Early and Anglophone traditions
Pepys's diary, written between 1660 and 1669 and first published in the nineteenth century, later became a foundational example in discussions of diaries as both literary and historical texts.
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Stylistic and thematic shaping, including selection, revision, motif-building, and practices of literary self-fashioning.
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A literary diary is a subgenre of diary writing that is read and analysed as literature.
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is a confessional fictional diary
Wikipedia: Adolfo Bioy Casares
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Adolfo Bioy Casares (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈβjoj kaˈsaɾes]; 15 September 1914-8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator.
Wikipedia: Anne Frank
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February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim.
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