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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT (3 user limit) |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199909551 0199909555 |
