Egodocuments and History Series – serie
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Child of the Enlightenment
Revolutionary Europe Reflected in a Boyhood Diary
Av Arianne Baggerman, Rudolf M. Dekker
Inbunden, 2009
2700 kr
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A diary kept by a boy in the 1790s sheds new light on the rise of autobiographical writing in the 19th century and sketches a panoramic view of Europe in the Age of Enlightenment. The French Revolution and the Batavian Revolution in the Netherlands provide the backdrop to this study, which ranges …
Literacy in Everyday Life
Reading and Writing in Early Modern Dutch Diaries
Av Jeroen Blaak
Inbunden, 2009
2700 kr
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Until recently, historians of reading have concentrated on book ownership and trying to map out a history of who read what. The reading experience has been a subject more difficult to research. As has been pointed out before, egodocuments can be valuable sources in this case. Following this lead, …
Controlling Time and Shaping the Self
Developments in Auto biographical Writing since the Sixteenth Century
Inbunden, 2011
3197 kr
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This book explores new questions and approaches to the rise of autobiographical writing since the early modern period. What motivated more and more men and women to write records of their private life? How could private writing grow into a bestselling genre? How was this rapidly expanding genre …
Conventional Correspondence
Epistolary Culture of the Dutch Elite, 1770-1850
Inbunden, 2011
2520 kr
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Egodocuments are cherished because of the view they supposedly provide into the innermost feelings of individuals in past and present. Recent research, however, has shown the complexity of genres like autobiographies, diaries and letters. Building on critical and historical research into …
Memory, Family, and Self
Tuscan Family Books and Other European Egodocuments (14th-18th Century)
Inbunden, 2014
2493 kr
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The family book, a kind of diary written by and about the family for its various members, was established by scholars as a genre in Italy in the 1980s. Although initially regarded as an Italian genre, the family book can also be found in other parts of Europe. Nevertheless, the genre can be traced …
Theoretical Discussions of Biography
Approaches from History, Microhistory, and Life Writing
Av Hans Renders, Binne De Haan
Inbunden, 2014
2327 kr
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Theoretical Discussions of Biography: Approaches from History, Microhistory, and Life Writing offers comprehensive overviews by 14 academic scholars of the actual state of the field of Biography Studies. In the volume, edited by biography scholars Hans Renders and Binne de Haan, specifically the …
Mapping the 'I'
Research on Self-Narratives in Germany and Switzerland
Inbunden, 2014
2922 kr
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In Mapping the ‘I’, Research on Self Narratives in Germany and Switzerland, the contributors, working with egodocuments (autobiographies, diaries, family chronicles and related texts), discuss various approaches to early modern concepts of the person and of personhood, the place of individuality …
Europe within Reach
Netherlandish Travellers on the Grand Tour and Beyond (1585-1750)
Inbunden, 2015
2774 kr
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In Europe within Reach Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling.Leisure trips to Paris, London or Berlin, a cours …
On Military Memoirs
A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010
Av L.H.E. (Esmeralda) Kleinreesink
Inbunden, 2016
2774 kr
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Winner of the Caforio prize for the best book in armed forces and civil-military relations published between 2015 and 2016In On Military Memoirs Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: who were their writers and publishers, what were their plots, and what motives did their …
Negotiating Racial Politics in the Family
Transnational Histories touched by National Socialism and Apartheid
Inbunden, 2020
2119 kr
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This book is situated at the cutting edge of the political-ethical dimension of history writing. Henkes investigates various responsibilities and loyalties towards family and nation, as well as other major ethical obligations towards society and humanity when historical subjects have to deal with a …
