Teaching an Old Genre New Tricks: The Diary on the Internet

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
Teaching an Old Genre New Tricks: The Diary on the Internet
Abstract
This article examines the diary's transformation from print culture practice to online phenomenon, considering the implications of this change for the diary as a literary genre and as life writing. This discussion explores the challenges the online diary represents to traditional concepts of the genre as private and monologic, investigating the ways in which online diarists attract readers, build communities, and create identities in cyberspace.
Publication
Biography
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
24-47
Date
2003
Language
English
ISSN
0162-4962
Short Title
Teaching an Old Genre New Tricks
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JSTOR
Extra
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Citation
Mcneill, L. (2003). Teaching an Old Genre New Tricks: The Diary on the Internet. Biography, 26(1), 24–47. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23540386