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Reading autobiography : a guide for interpreting life narratives /

"With the memoir boom, life storytelling has become ubiquitous and emerged as a distinct field of study. Reading autobiography, originally published in 2001, was the first comprehensive critical introduction to life writing in all its forms. Widely adopted for undergraduate and graduate-level c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Sidonie
Otros Autores: Watson, Julia, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Life narrative : definitions and distinctions
  • Autobiographical subjects
  • Autobiographical acts
  • Life narrative in historical perspective
  • In the wake of the memoir boom
  • The visual-verbal-virtual contexts of life narrative
  • A history of autobiography criticism, part I : theorizing autobiography
  • A history of autobiography criticism, part II : expanding autobiography studies
  • A tool kit : twenty-four strategies for reading life narratives
  • Appendix A. Sixty genres of life narrative
  • Appendix B. Group and classroom projects
  • Appendix C. Journals and internet resources.