Writing Life Writing: Narrative, History, Autobiography
Paul John Eakin & Craig Howes
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Why do we endlessly tell the stories of our lives? And why do others pay
attention when we do? The essays collected here address these
questions, focusing on three different but interrelated dimensions of
life writing. The first section, "Narrative," argues that narrative is
not only a literary form but also a social and cultural practice, and
finally a mode of cognition and an expression of our most basic
physiology. The next section, "Life Writing: Historical Forms," makes
the case for the historical value of the subjectivity recorded in
ego-documents. The essays in the final section, "Autobiography Now,"
identify primary motives for engaging in self-narration in an age
characterized by digital media and quantum cosmology.
attention when we do? The essays collected here address these
questions, focusing on three different but interrelated dimensions of
life writing. The first section, "Narrative," argues that narrative is
not only a literary form but also a social and cultural practice, and
finally a mode of cognition and an expression of our most basic
physiology. The next section, "Life Writing: Historical Forms," makes
the case for the historical value of the subjectivity recorded in
ego-documents. The essays in the final section, "Autobiography Now,"
identify primary motives for engaging in self-narration in an age
characterized by digital media and quantum cosmology.
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BooksYear:
2020
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Routledge
Language:
english
Pages:
174
ISBN 10:
0367439107
ISBN 13:
9780367439101
Series:
Routledge Auto/Biography Studies
File:
PDF, 7.25 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2020
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