Using the diaries of Jean Lucey Pratt as a case study, the article assesses the impact of the availability of published diaries in mid-twentieth-century Britain on conventions in diary-writing practice. Consideration is also given to the effect of Pratt’s involvement in Mass-Observation on her perception of her diary, and to the wider influence of Mass-Observation on twentieth-century diary-writing, given that this project troubles the idea of the diary as an individualistic, private form of writing.

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二十世纪中叶英国的写作和阅读日记

本文以让·露西·普拉特 (Jean Lucey Pratt) 的日记为案例研究，评估了 20 世纪中叶英国出版日记的可用性对日记写作实践惯例的影响。还考虑了普拉特参与大规模观察对她对日记的看法的影响，以及大规模观察对 20 世纪日记写作的更广泛影响，因为该项目使日记作为一种个人主义的、私人的写作形式。