Memoir an introduction /

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Each year brings a glut of new memoirs. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called life-writing study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobio...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Couser, G. Thomas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Zusammenfassung:
Each year brings a glut of new memoirs. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called life-writing study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobiographies. This book proffers a concise history of the genre (and its many subgenres) while taking readers through the various techniques, themes, and debates that have come to characterise the ubiquitous literary form.
Umfang:
1 online resource (vii, 206 p.)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780190252878 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Autobiography > Authorship.
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