The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister
Anne Lister; Helena Whitbread
These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller – and lesbian. She kept extensive diaries, written partly in code, of her life and loves. The diaries have been edited by Helena Whitbread, who spent years decoding and transcribing them.'[Anne Lister’s] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us. She was a woman exercising conscious choice. She controlled her cash and her body. At a time when women had to marry, or be looked after by a male relative, and when all their property on marriage passed to their husband, Anne Lister not only dodged the traps of being female, she set up a liaison with another woman that enhanced her own wealth and left both of them free to live as they wished . . . The diaries gave me courage’ Jeanette Winterson’Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister’s diaries are an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of gender, sexuality, and the intimate lives of women’ Sarah Waters
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| ISBN | 9781844087198 |
| Genre | Autobiography/Biography; Movie/Media Tie-In |
| Publication Date | 01-Jan-11 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group Limited |
| Editor | Helena Whitbread |
| No. of Pages | 422 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Editor | Helena Whitbread |
| Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
| Subject | Biography & Autobiography / General; Lesbians; Social Science / Lesbian Studies; West Yorkshire (England) |
| BookID | 11247 |
