Consuming Autobiographies
Reading and Writing the Self in Post-war France
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
186 pages
978-0-367-60379-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Claire Boyle presents an account of the death of autobiography in the post-war era of French literature. She challenges assumptions that are sometimes made about why it is that writers are reluctant to be associated with the genre of autobiography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-60379-3 (9780367603793)
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12/2017
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12/2017
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12/2007
1st Edition
Maney Publishing
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Person
Claire Boyle
Content
Introduction 1. Autobiography: Orthodoxies and Paradoxes 2. Sarraute Writing the Self: The Drama of Self-Possession 3. Perec: Autobiography, Possession and the Dispossessed Self 4. Genet Inside and Out: Autobiography, Marginality and Empowerment 5. Helene Cixous: Autobiography, the Ethics of Knowledge and Strategies of Self-Writing 6. Conclusion