Das Buch der Seele: Tagebuchliteratur zwischen Aufklrung und Kunstperiode (Studien und Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur,,Used

With analyses of the diaries of Haller, Gellert, Lavater, La Roche, von der Recke, Goethe, Leisewitz, Lichtenberg, etc., and taking full account of culturehistorical aspects, the media, and mentality, the study traces the contribution made by the diary genre to the two central developments of the 18th century: individualization and the spread of written culture.