Alternatives in biography : writing lives in diverse English-language contexts /

Alternatives in Biography focuses on texts that draw into question fictional, personal, and academic genre conventions, foregrounding the multiple ways lives are written and selves are constructed. Each of the four chapters examines a particular type of transgressive auto/biographical writing, namel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hardy, Stephen (Autor), Horáková, Martina (Autor), Kaylor, Michael Matthew (Autor), Prajznerova, Katerina, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brno : Masaryk University Press, 2011.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Biography > Study and teaching.
Biography > English.
Autobiography > English.
English literature.
Biographies > Étude et enseignement.
Littérature anglaise.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Royalty.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Alternatives in Biography focuses on texts that draw into question fictional, personal, and academic genre conventions, foregrounding the multiple ways lives are written and selves are constructed. Each of the four chapters examines a particular type of transgressive auto/biographical writing, namely versions of Uranian/fictionate autobiography, bioregional biography, pastoral biography, and Indigenous collaborative life writing. American, Australian, British, Canadian, and Northern Irish perspectives are explored. Key writers are A. Newman (1854-1932), Forrest Reid (1875-1947), Emily Carr (18.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9788021076372
8021076372

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