Memoir: an introduction
Each year brings a glut of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. 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. Memoir: An Introduction proffers a succinct and comprehensive survey of …
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- Full title :Memoir : an introduction / G. Thomas Couser.
Summary
Each year brings a glut of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. 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. Memoir: An Introduction proffers a succinct and comprehensive survey of the genre (and its many subgenres) while taking readers through the various techniques, the
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- Publication Date:©2012
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (vii, 206 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199909551, 0199909555
- oclc:ocn767732135
- LC Classification:CT25
- Dewey Decimal:808/.06692
Table of Contents
What memoir is, and what memoir isn't -- Memoir and genre -- Memoir's forms -- Memoir's ethics -- Memoir's American roots -- Contemporary American memoir -- The work of memoir.
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