The rise of autobiography in the Eighteenth century : ten experiments in literary genre - Augustine, Bunyan, Rousseau, Locke, Hume, Franklin, Gibbon, Fielding, Sterne, Boswell /

Bell utilizes an inter-disciplinary approach to studying autobiography in the 18th Century. Making use of religion and philosophy, history and literature, contemporary theory and humanism, his original analysis offers a unique array of disciplinary interpretations of the genre. This book not only de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Robert H. (Robert Huntley), 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
Autobiography > History > 19th century.
Biography as a literary form.
Autobiography > Authorship.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic
Autobiographie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Autobiography
Autobiography > Authorship
Biography as a literary form
History & Archaeology.
Biography - General.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Bell utilizes an inter-disciplinary approach to studying autobiography in the 18th Century. Making use of religion and philosophy, history and literature, contemporary theory and humanism, his original analysis offers a unique array of disciplinary interpretations of the genre. This book not only deals with autobiography in a thorough manner, it also incorporates historical and philosophical interpretations to the presentation of self in this type of literature. He also demonstrates some of the problems with first person singular writing, which distinguishes this style from other forms of non-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773411333
077341133X

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