The Cambridge companion to autobiography / edited by Maria DiBattista, Emily Wittman.

9781107609181 paperback
1107609186 paperback
9781107028104 hardcover
1107028108 hardcover

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

English

Text in English.

xix, 259 pages ; 24 cm

CT25 .C355 2014

809/.93592

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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