Love a historian and somebody who has to think about memory delving into memoirs! I studied private diary writing by women and had to think so carefully about purpose, audience, why or why not things were recorded, etc and it’s absolutely made memoirs and similar books so interesting to read because they’re the opposite - the person has a given audience in mind and is performing and remembering publicly. I love the rhythm and style of your writing so much, please share your crafting adventures with us sometime!
Wow. So fascinating. I do not unfortunately have a humanities degree (I thought I could save the world with an environmental degree) but I am slowly developing an interest in medieval history and your dissertation sounds so interesting. I love reading memoirs (it feels like an acceptable way to be nosy and I just find people interesting). I had read about Mergery Kempe recently in Femina and would love to read her. And I have been eyeing out Enheduana and it is on my wishlist. This is further encouragement to pick it up sometimes sooner than later.
Hi Michelle, and thank you for your comment! I absolutely agree with the feeling of being acceptably nosy (I have often joked that many historians are just big gossips!)
I hope you feel encouraged to pursue these readings, I'm always incredibly happy to welcome others into whatever reading tables I can!
Love a historian and somebody who has to think about memory delving into memoirs! I studied private diary writing by women and had to think so carefully about purpose, audience, why or why not things were recorded, etc and it’s absolutely made memoirs and similar books so interesting to read because they’re the opposite - the person has a given audience in mind and is performing and remembering publicly. I love the rhythm and style of your writing so much, please share your crafting adventures with us sometime!
Okay, I would've killed for a medieval royal diary, can you imagine it??
And thank you so much for your generous words about my writing, they really made my week! <3
Wow. So fascinating. I do not unfortunately have a humanities degree (I thought I could save the world with an environmental degree) but I am slowly developing an interest in medieval history and your dissertation sounds so interesting. I love reading memoirs (it feels like an acceptable way to be nosy and I just find people interesting). I had read about Mergery Kempe recently in Femina and would love to read her. And I have been eyeing out Enheduana and it is on my wishlist. This is further encouragement to pick it up sometimes sooner than later.
Hi Michelle, and thank you for your comment! I absolutely agree with the feeling of being acceptably nosy (I have often joked that many historians are just big gossips!)
I hope you feel encouraged to pursue these readings, I'm always incredibly happy to welcome others into whatever reading tables I can!