Interpreting the Self

Name: Interpreting the Self
Brand: University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226054476
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Two Hundred Years of American Autobiography

Autor: Diane Bjorklund

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: University of Chicago Press

Dostupnost: Očekávaný dotisk

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How do ways of explaining one's life vary over time? This text explores the historical nature of sel...

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Autor

Diane Bjorklund

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

1999

Stránek

270

EAN

9780226054476

Enbook ID

04542615

Vydavatel

University of Chicago Press

Hmotnost

520

Rozměry

160 x 235 x 24

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How do ways of explaining one's life vary over time? This text explores the historical nature of self-narrative by examining over 100 American autobiographies published in the last two centuries. Diane Bjorklund's study includes not only well-known autobiographers such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a travelling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Paying attention to the historical and cultural context of each autobiography, the author shows how different understandings of the self developed. For example, we encounter religious autobiographies (the largest category of self-narrative from 1800-1930), Horatio Alger-style success stories, tales of psychological conflict, and tales of society's influence on an individual. Through Bjorklund's examination of these accounts, the reader should be able to see the many different ways American writers approach complicated issues of human nature.

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