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American Autobiography
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Author : Paul John Eakin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1991
American Autobiography written by Paul John Eakin and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the first comprehensive assessment of the major periods and varieties of American autobiography. The eleven original essays in this volume do not only survey what has been done; they also point toward what can and should be done in future studies of a literary genre that is now receiving major scholarly attention. Book jacket.
The American Autobiography
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Author : Albert E. Stone
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1981
The American Autobiography written by Albert E. Stone and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with American literature categories.
Nine essays, all produced within the last six years, include Robert F. Sayre on autobiographies in American studies programs, Anais Nin on the diary, Alfred Kazin and Patricia Meyer Spacks on the self, Darrell Mansell on "fact," Janet Varner Gunn on the temporal mode in Walden, Thomas B. Doherty on ideology, Alvin H. Rosenfeld on ethnic self-consciousness, and Rosenfeld's essay, "Inventing the Jew: Notes on Jewish Autobiography."
American Autobiography
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Author : Rachael McLennan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-01-01
American Autobiography written by Rachael McLennan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.
The first student guide to American autobiographyThis 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.Key Features* Engages in discussions about the 'Americanness' of autobiography, especially in relation to important contemporary issues such as multiculturalism and transnationalism* Acknowledges the problematic nature of the 'canon' of American autobiography* Explores the most exciting recent developments in relation to the self, writing, and autobiography (e.g. poststructuralist thought, the postmodern, the post-colonial, life-writing and genre)* Considers autobiographies from Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Walt Whitman and Gertrude Stein to Maxine Hong Kingston, Lance Armstrong, Lucy Grealy and Barack Obama* Includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs
Telling Lies In Modern American Autobiography
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Author : Timothy Dow Adams
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Telling Lies In Modern American Autobiography written by Timothy Dow Adams and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
All autobiographers are unreliable narrators. Yet what a writer chooses to misrepresent is as telling -- perhaps even more so -- as what really happened. Timothy Adams believes that autobiography is an attempt to reconcile one's life with one's self, and he argues in this book that autobiography should not be taken as historically accurate but as metaphorically authentic. Adams focuses on five modern American writers whose autobiographies are particularly complex because of apparent lies that permeate them. In examining their stories, Adams shows that lying in autobiography, especially literary autobiography, is not simply inevitable. Rather it is often a deliberate, highly strategic decision on the author's part. Throughout his analysis, Adams's standard is not literal accuracy but personal authenticity. He attempts to resolve some of the paradoxes of recent autobiographical theory by looking at the classic question of design and truth in autobiography from the underside -- with a focus on lying rather than truth. Originally published in 1990. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
American Autobiography
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
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Interpreting The Self
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Author : Diane Bjorklund
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2000-04-15
Interpreting The Self written by Diane Bjorklund and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-15 with Family & Relationships categories.
In this ambitious study, Diane Bjorklund explores the historical nature of self-narrative. Examining over 100 American autobiographers published in the last two centuries, she discusses not only well-known autobiographies such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a traveling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Bjorklund draws on the colorful stories of these autobiographers to show how their historical epoch shapes their understandings of self. "A refreshingly welcome approach to this intriguing topic. . . . [Bjorklund's] extensive and systematic approach to her source material is impressive and enriches our understanding of this essential subject."—Virginia Quarterly Review "Bjorklund studies both famous and obscure writers, and her clear prose style and copious quotations provide insight into the many aspects of the changing American self." —Library Journal
American Autobiography 1945 1980
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Author : Mary Louise Briscoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
American Autobiography 1945 1980 written by Mary Louise Briscoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Reference categories.
"This bibliography provides access to over 5,000 American autobiographies published in book form by private and commercial presses from 1945 through 1980." intro.
Fabricating Lives
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Author : Herbert Leibowitz
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Fabricating Lives written by Herbert Leibowitz and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
How does the autobiographer want us to perceive him? How do we penetrate the memoirist’s strategies and subterfuges—sometimes conscious, usually—brilliant—and discover the real person screened behind them? In this fresh and provocative approach to the reading of autobiography, Herbert Leibowitz explores the self-portraits of eight Americans whose lives span almost two centuries and encompass a stunning range of personality and circumstances: Benjamin Franklin, Louis Sullivan, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, and Edward Dahlberg. In pursuit of clues to both the human essence and the literary artifice of each, he examines their styles (Franklin’s plain talk and “possum’s wit,” Sullivan’s “gilded abstractions,” Stein’s “gossipy ventriloquism,” Williams’s “grumpy clowning” and foxy innocence), their metaphors, and their choices of incident, looking beyond their visions of themselves to their true identities. In American autobiography particularly Leibowitz finds an extraordinary medley of voices—from the balanced objectivity of Addams and the heated oratory of Goldman, as each encounters the promises and failures of the democratic ideal, to the uneasy self-consciousness of Wright, reflecting the tensions of growing up in a world he did not trust, and the baroque contrivances of Dahlberg, who painted himself in mythic proportions on the American canvas. As he guides us through the labyrinths and mazes of these self-histories, Leibowitz relates the material to a wide cross section of the American experience and helps to interpret our history. His engrossing and highly original book is both a contribution to biographical criticism and a vivid recapturing of some remarkable American lives.
American Autobiography After 9 11
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Author : Megan Brown
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2017-01-10
American Autobiography After 9 11 written by Megan Brown and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the post-9/11 era, a flood of memoirs has wrestled with anxieties both personal and national.
Classic American Autobiographies
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Author : William L. Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Signet
Release Date : 1992
Classic American Autobiographies written by William L. Andrews and has been published by Signet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Autobiographies categories.
Collects five of the most widely read biographies: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklyn, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Old Times on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, Four Autobiographical Narratives, Zitkala-sauml; (Gertrude Bonnin).