Le journal au seuil de l’intimité

The recently published volume I of Journal, by Louis-François Guiguer, Baron of Prangins, demonstrates that journal writing was still a visible, factual, virtually public practice during the eighteenth century. Motivated by the desire to write in his own journal about his love for Matilda, whom he w...

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Main Author: Philippe Lejeune
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Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2009-12-01
Series:Itinéraires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/610
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Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
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eighteenth century
emergence of intimacy
diary
censorship
metadiscourse
title Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
title_full Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
title_fullStr Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
title_full_unstemmed Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
title_short Le journal au seuil de l’intimité
title_sort le journal au seuil de l intimite
topic eighteenth century
emergence of intimacy
diary
censorship
metadiscourse
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