Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. PHILIPPE LEJEUNE, EXPLORER OF THE DIARY 1
5. DIALOGUE WITH THE FUTURE: PHILIPPE LEJEUNE’S METHOD AND THEORY OF DIARY 16
6. PART I: INTRODUCTION
7. THE PRACTICE OF THE PRIVATE JOURNAL: CHRONICLE OF AN INVESTIGATION (1986–1998) 29
8. PART II THE DIARY: ORIGINS
9. COUNTING AND MANAGING 51
10. SPIRITUAL JOURNALS IN FRANCE FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 61
11. ON TODAY’S DATE 79
12. O MY PAPER! 93
13. MARC-ANTOINE JULLIEN: CONTROLLING TIME 102
14. WRITING WHILE WALKING 122
15. THE “JOURNAL DE JEUNE FILLE” IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE 129
16. PART III THE DIARY: THEORY
17. THE DIARY ON TRIAL 147
18. COMPOSING A DIARY 168
19. THE CONTINUOUS AND THE DISCONTINUOUS 175
20. HOW DO DIARIES END? 187
21. THE DIARY AS “ANTIFICTION” 201
22. PART IV THE DIARY: PRACTICES
23. AUTO-GENESIS: GENETIC STUDIES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS 213
24. HOW ANNE FRANK REWROTE THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 237
25. SURVEYING DIARIES, SURVEYING CULTURES 267
26. THE DIARY ON THE COMPUTER 280
27. DIARIES ON THE INTERNET: A YEAR OF READING 299
28. JOURNALS OF EXPLORATION 317
29. REREADING YOUR DIARY 324
30. PART V: CONCLUSION
31. LUCULLUS DINES WITH LUCULLUS 329
32. SELECTED WORKS OF PHILIPPE LEJEUNE 337
33. NAME INDEX 343