@article{718604,
      recid = {718604},
      author = {DiBattista, Maria, and Wittman, Emily Ondine,},
      title = {The Cambridge companion to autobiography /},
      pages = {xix, 259 pages ;},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/718604},
}