Bureau of Missing Persons : Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers /

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A devoted reader of autobiographies and memoirs, Roger J. Porter has observed in recent years a surprising number of memoirs by adult children whose fathers have led secret lives. Some of the fathers had second families; some had secret religious lives; others have been criminals, liars, or con men....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Porter, Roger J., 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Secrecy in literature.
Fathers in literature.
Deception in literature.
Autobiography > Authorship.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Tromperie dans la litterature.
Secret dans la litterature.
Peres dans la litterature.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Child's Book of Parental Deception
  • 1. Faith-Changing for Life
  • 2. Deciphering Enigma Codes
  • 3. The Men Who Were Not There
  • 4. Becoming One's Parent
  • 5. Breaking the Silence
  • Conclusion: Freedom or Exploitation?
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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