Design and Truth in Autobiography
Published on 20. August 2015
214 pages
978-1-317-37967-6 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This study suggests some of the answers to these questions. It takes the view that autobiography is one of the dominant and characteristic forms of literary self-expression and deserves examination for its own sake. This book outlines a definition of the form and traces its historical origins and development, analyses its 'truth' and talks about what sort of self-knowledge it investigates.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
20,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-37967-6 (9781317379676)
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Roy Pascal
Design and Truth in Autobiography
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Roy Pascal
Design and Truth in Autobiography
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08/2015
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Routledge
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Content
Preface; Chapter I What is an Autobiography?; Chapter II The earlier History of the Autobiography; Chapter III The Classical Age of Autobiography; Chapter IV The Classical Achievement and Modern Developments; Chapter V The Elusiveness of Truth; Chapter VI The Autobiography of Childhood, Aksakojf, Moritz; Chapter VII The Acquisition of an Outlook; Chapter VIII The Story of a Calling; Chapter IX The Autobiography of the Poet; Chapter X "Man in all the truth of Nature"; Chapter XI The Autobiographical Novel; Chapter XII The Structure of Truth in Autobiography;
