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The strange history of Samuel Pepys's diary / Kate Loveman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loveman, Kate, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 Diary.
- Pepys, Samuel.
- Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703--Influence.
- Cabinet officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Cabinet officers.
- Cabinet officers--Great Britain--Biography--History and criticism.
- Diarists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Diarists.
- Diarists--Great Britain--Biography--History and criticism.
- English diaries--History and criticism.
- English diaries.
- Popular culture--Great Britain.
- Popular culture.
- Great Britain--Biography--History and criticism.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- During the 1660s, Samuel Pepys kept a secret diary full of intimate details and political scandal. Had the contents been revealed, they could have destroyed his marriage, ended his career, and seen him arrested. This engaging book explores the creation of the most famous journal in the English language, how it came to be published in 1825, and the many remarkable roles it has played in British culture since then. Kate Loveman - one of the few people who can read Pepys's shorthand - unlocks the riddles of the diary, investigating why he chose to preserve such private matters for later generations. She also casts fresh light on the women and sexual relationships in Pepys's life and on Black Britons living in or near his household. Exploring the many inventive uses to which the diary has been put, Loveman shows how Pepys's history became part of the history of the nation.
- Contents:
- Writing the Diary
- Shorthand and Secrecy
- Saving the Diary
- First Publication
- Victorian Pepys
- War and the Diary
- 'Every Last Obscenity' : Complete and Online
- Reading against the Grain.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2025).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-55409-3
- 1-009-55408-5
- 1-009-55410-7
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