Autobiography (The New Critical Idiom)

Autobiography (The New Critical Idiom)

<P>If every writer necessarily draws on their own life, is any writing outside the realm of €˜autobiography€? The new edition of this classic guide is fully updated to include:</P> <UL> <LI>developments in autobiographical criticism, highlighting major theoretical issues and concepts </LI> <LI>different forms of the genre from confessions and narratives to memoirs and diaries</LI> <LI>uses of the genre in their historical and cultural contexts</LI> <LI>major autobiographical writers including St Augustine, Bunyan, Boswell, Rousseau and Wordsworth, alongside non-canonical autobiographies by women</LI> <LI>twentieth-century autobiography including women's writing, black and postcolonial writing, and personal criticism</LI> <LI>a new chapter on narrative and new material examining recent trends in autobiography such as blogs, the popularity of literary memoirs and recent developments in theory on testimonial writing. </LI> <UL> <P></P></UL></UL> <P>Combining theoretical discussion with thought-provoking readings of major texts, this is the ideal introduction to the study of a fascinating genre.</P>