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Autore: |
McLennan Rachael
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Titolo: |
American autobiography / / Rachael McLennan
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Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina: | 810.9 |
Soggetto topico: | American literature - History and criticism |
Autobiography | |
Biography as a literary form | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Biography History and criticism |
Classificazione: | HR 1840 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-158) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: American autobiography -- Part 1: Exemplary subjects. Spiritual, secular and enslaved selves ; (Un)Representative selves. -- Part 2: Contemporary subjects. Relating ethics to genre ; Gender, illness and autobiography. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important current developments in autobiography studies discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. Taking a broadly chronological approach, the history of American autobiography is explored including the social and cultural factors that might account for the importance of autobiography in American culture. Then post-1970 autobiographies are examined, taking into account the development in poststructuralism from this time that affected notions of the subject who could write, and conceptions of truth, identity and reference."--Publisher's website. |
Titolo autorizzato: | American Autobiography ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-7486-4462-8 |
1-299-14784-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813543103321 |
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