Autobiography, Second Edition (The New Critical Idiom)
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If every writer necessarily draws on their own life, is any writing outside the realm of ‘autobiography’?
The new edition of this classic guide is fully updated to include:
- developments in autobiographical criticism, highlighting major theoretical issues and concepts
- different forms of the genre from confessions and narratives to memoirs and diaries
- uses of the genre in their historical and cultural contexts
- major autobiographical writers including St Augustine, Bunyan, Boswell, Rousseau and Wordsworth, alongside non-canonical autobiographies by women
- twentieth-century autobiography including women's writing, black and postcolonial writing, and personal criticism
- a new chapter on narrative and new material examining recent trends in autobiography such as blogs, the popularity of literary memoirs and recent developments in theory on testimonial writing.
Combining theoretical discussion with thought-provoking readings of major texts, this is the ideal introduction to the study of a fascinating genre.
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Excellent edifying overview
8 April 2012
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this is an excellent edifying overview. Nonetheless, the language used is not that easy. The book is so helpful for those taking couses on autobiography. It is worth reading as an overview on the genre. It can also be used as a reference. But, make sure you buy the second edition it is published in 2011.
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solid, crisp and engaging intro
8 Nov 2008
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This is a fine way to get what is going on with autobiography as a genre and an approach.
Especially strong in bringing the reader through the ancients and into the postmoderns.
Especially strong in bringing the reader through the ancients and into the postmoderns.
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