The Cambridge companion to autobiography /
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 diver...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English. |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 259 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107028104 1107028108 9781107609181 1107609186 |