Format:
XIX, 259 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Companions Online Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online
Edition:
Cambridge companions to literature and classics
ISBN:
9781139235686
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
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. Sixteen 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
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107028104
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107609181
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to autobiography New York, NY : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9781107609181
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107028104
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107028108
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107609186
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Autobiografie
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCO9781139235686
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