The Culture of Autobiography - Constructions of Self-Representation

Focusing primarily on the period from the eighteenth-century to the present, this interdisciplinary volume takes a fresh look at the institutions and practices of autobiography and self-portraiture in Europe, the United States and other cultures.

Summary

Focusing primarily on the period from the eighteenth-century to the present, this interdisciplinary volume takes a fresh look at the institutions and practices of autobiography and self-portraiture in Europe, the United States and other cultures.

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert Folkenflik (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9780804720472
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2047-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 581 g
• Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humaniti
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies