Letters and Journals Entwined

Friday, June 19, 2026 - 19:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project This section of the dissertation continues the structural analysis of Anne Listers papers by examining the interplay between her letters and journal entries. Major category: LHMPTags: LHMP LHMP #564h Orr 2006 A Sojourn in Paris - Anne’s Intertextuality About LHMP Full citation: Orr, Dannielle. 2006. A Sojourn in Paris 1824-25: Sex and Sociability in the Manuscript Writings of Anne Lister (1791-1840). (Doctoral Dissertation, Murdoch University) Anne’s Intertextuality This section looks more closely at the interplay between the journal and the correspondence. The two neither duplicate content exactly nor represent entirely distinct content. Letters received or sent were recorded in the correspondence index at the beginning of the journal volume. This also kept track of the reciprocity of the letters – all were answered, those to Aunt Anne and Mariana within a few days, others less promptly. The index (if I’m understanding…