The Cambridge companion to autobiography
The Cambridge companion to autobiography
Companion to autobiography Autobiography
ed. by Maria DiBattista; Emily O. Wittman
- XIX, 259 S.
- Cambridge companions to literature .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: Introduction Maria DiBattista and Emily O. Wittman; Part I. Foundations: 1. Augustine Adam Becker; 2. Medieval European autobiography John Fleming; 3. Montaigne Lawrence Kriztman; 4. Rousseau Eli Friedlander; Part II. Consolidations: 5. Romantic autobiography Frances Wilson; 6. Victorian autobiography Deborah Nord; 7. American autobiography Robert Sayre; Part III. Deflections: 8. Kierkegaard/Nietzsche Alistair Hannay; 9. Pessoa Alfred MacAdam; 10. Gide/Genet Jean-Michel Rabate;; Part IV. Prisms: 11. Nabokov Leland de la Durante; 12. African American autobiography Trudier Harris; 13. Holocaust memoirs Michael Bernard-Donals; 14. Women's autobiographies Maria DiBattista; 15. The 'new' memoir Patrick Madden; 16. Creative non-fiction Mary Cappello.
"The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography offers a historical overview of the genre from the foundational works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau through the great autobiographies of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. Seventeen essays from distinguished scholars and critics explore the diverse forms, audiences, styles, and motives of life writings traditionally classified under the rubric of autobiography. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and are grouped to reflect changing views of the psychological status, representative character, and moral authority of the autobiographical text. The volume closes with a group portrait of late-modernist and contemporary autobiographies that, by blurring the dividing line between fiction and non-fiction, expand our understanding of the genre. Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, the volume will appeal especially to students and teachers of non-fiction narrative, creative writing, and literature more broadly"-- "The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography offers a historical overview of the genre from the foundational works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau through the great autobiographies of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. Seventeen essays from distinguished scholars and critics explore the diverse forms, audiences, styles, and motives of life writings traditionally classified under the rubric of autobiography. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and are grouped to reflect changing views of the psychological status, representative character, and moral authority of the autobiographical text. The volume closes with a group portrait of late-modernist and contemporary autobiographies that, by blurring the dividing line between fiction and non-fiction, expand our understanding of the genre. Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, the volume will appeal especially to students and teachers of non-fiction narrative, creative writing, and literature more broadly"--
9781107609181 paperback 9781107028104 hardback 1107028108 hardback 1107609186 paperback
9781107609181
2013047704
Autobiography
Autobiography
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Class of Fall 2015 Holtzbrinck Fellow Fellow
Aufsatzsammlung
CT25
809/.93592 809.93592 LIT004120
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: Introduction Maria DiBattista and Emily O. Wittman; Part I. Foundations: 1. Augustine Adam Becker; 2. Medieval European autobiography John Fleming; 3. Montaigne Lawrence Kriztman; 4. Rousseau Eli Friedlander; Part II. Consolidations: 5. Romantic autobiography Frances Wilson; 6. Victorian autobiography Deborah Nord; 7. American autobiography Robert Sayre; Part III. Deflections: 8. Kierkegaard/Nietzsche Alistair Hannay; 9. Pessoa Alfred MacAdam; 10. Gide/Genet Jean-Michel Rabate;; Part IV. Prisms: 11. Nabokov Leland de la Durante; 12. African American autobiography Trudier Harris; 13. Holocaust memoirs Michael Bernard-Donals; 14. Women's autobiographies Maria DiBattista; 15. The 'new' memoir Patrick Madden; 16. Creative non-fiction Mary Cappello.
"The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography offers a historical overview of the genre from the foundational works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau through the great autobiographies of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. Seventeen essays from distinguished scholars and critics explore the diverse forms, audiences, styles, and motives of life writings traditionally classified under the rubric of autobiography. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and are grouped to reflect changing views of the psychological status, representative character, and moral authority of the autobiographical text. The volume closes with a group portrait of late-modernist and contemporary autobiographies that, by blurring the dividing line between fiction and non-fiction, expand our understanding of the genre. Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, the volume will appeal especially to students and teachers of non-fiction narrative, creative writing, and literature more broadly"-- "The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography offers a historical overview of the genre from the foundational works of Augustine, Montaigne, and Rousseau through the great autobiographies of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. Seventeen essays from distinguished scholars and critics explore the diverse forms, audiences, styles, and motives of life writings traditionally classified under the rubric of autobiography. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and are grouped to reflect changing views of the psychological status, representative character, and moral authority of the autobiographical text. The volume closes with a group portrait of late-modernist and contemporary autobiographies that, by blurring the dividing line between fiction and non-fiction, expand our understanding of the genre. Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, the volume will appeal especially to students and teachers of non-fiction narrative, creative writing, and literature more broadly"--
9781107609181 paperback 9781107028104 hardback 1107028108 hardback 1107609186 paperback
9781107609181
2013047704
Autobiography
Autobiography
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Class of Fall 2015 Holtzbrinck Fellow Fellow
Aufsatzsammlung
CT25
809/.93592 809.93592 LIT004120