The limits of autobiography : trauma and testimony /

Memoirs in which trauma take a major - or the major - role challenge the limits of autobiography. The author presents a series of "limit-cases"--Texts that combine various elements including autobiography and fiction, and demonstrates how and why their authors swerve from formal constraint...

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Tác giả chính:	Gilmore, Leigh, 1959-
Định dạng:	Sách
Ngôn ngữ:	English
Được phát hành:	Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Những chủ đề:	Winterson, Jeanette, > 1959- > Written on the body. Kincaid, Jamaica > Criticism and interpretation. Allison, Dorothy, > 1949- > Bastard out of Carolina. Gilmore, Mikal. > Shot in the heart. Gilmore, Mikal, > 1951- > Shot in the heart. Kincaid, Jamaica, > 1949- > Critique et interprétation. Allison, Dorothy. > Bastard out of Carolina. Kincaid, Jamaica. Bastard out of Carolina (Allison, Dorothy) 1900-1999 American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Autobiography. English prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Autobiographical fiction > History and criticism. First person narrative. Self in literature. Prose américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Autobiographie. Prose anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Roman autobiographique > Histoire et critique. Récits à la première personne. Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature. autobiography (genre) American prose literature. Autobiographical fiction. English prose literature. Autobiografie Autobiografieën. Trauma's (psychologie) Engels. Amerikaans. Englisch. Autobiographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc.