This book focuses on the memoirs of modernist writers and intellectuals who struggled with their return to America after years of living abroad. It examines how repatriation unsettles the self-construction of the "returning absentee" by challenging the fictions of national and c…
"The migration of American artists and intellectuals to Europe in the early twentieth century has been amply documented and studied, but few scholars have examined the aftermath of their return home. Writing Back focuses on the memoirs of modernist writers and intellectuals who …
Examining the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, this book offers fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare.
Examining the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, this book offers fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare.
In Mapping Our Selves Helen Buss considers a broad range of autobiographical works written by Canadian women, including memoirs, journals, and conventional autobiography as well as experiments in blending a number of writing genres. She constructs her own "mapping" theory of how…
In Mapping Our Selves Helen Buss considers a broad range of autobiographical works written by Canadian women, including memoirs, journals, and conventional autobiography as well as experiments in blending a number of writing genres. She constructs her own "mapping" theory of how…
In Mapping Our Selves Helen Buss considers a broad range of autobiographical works written by Canadian women, including memoirs, journals, and conventional autobiography as well as experiments in blending a number of writing genres. She constructs her own "mapping" theory of how…