Skip to content
Rider Library Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Add to My Lists Export MARC Display Return To Browse
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author McLennan, Rachael.

Title American Autobiography.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
Online access
Online eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (169 pages).
text file
Series British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks
BAAS paperbacks.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction: American Autobiography; Part One: Exemplary Subjects; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Part Two: Contemporary Subjects; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Bibliography; Index.
Summary The first student guide to American autobiographyThis introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important current developments in autobiography studies discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. Taking a broadly chronological approach, the history of American autobiography is explored including the social and cultural factors that might account for the importance of autobiography in American culture. Then post-1970 autobiographies are examined, taking into account the development in poststructuralism from this time that affected notio.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-158) and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Autobiography.
Autobiography.
Biography as a literary form.
Biography as a literary form.
United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: McLennan, Rachael. American Autobiography. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748644612
ISBN 9780748644629
0748644628
0748644601
9780748644605
9781299147843 MyiLibrary
1299147844 MyiLibrary
9780748644612 hardback
074864461X hardback

Library Links

Example

Search Tools