The Limits of Autobiography : Trauma and Testimony /

"An analysis of how trauma shaped innovation in autobiographical writing during the memoir boom"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Edition:2023 printing.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gilmore, Mikal. > Shot in the heart.
Allison, Dorothy, > 1949- > Bastard out of Carolina.
Kincaid, Jamaica > Criticism and interpretation.
Winterson, Jeanette, > 1959- > Written on the body.
Self in literature.
First person narrative.
Autobiographical fiction > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Autobiography.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The limits of autobiography
  • Represent yourself
  • Bastard testimony : illegitimacy and incest in Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina
  • There will always be a father : transference and the auto/biographical demand in Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the heart
  • There will always be a mother : Jamaica Kincaid's serial autobiography
  • Without names : an anatomy of absence in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the body
  • Conclusion: The knowing subject and an alternative jurisprudence of trauma.

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