Auto/biographical Discourse: Criticism, Theory, Practice - Hardcover

Marcus, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719036429 ISBN 13: 9780719036422

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1994

Synopsis

In this study, Laura Marcus explores autobiography as a genre and as an organizing concept in 19th- and 20th-century thought. Drawing on a wide range of writings, both literary and theoretical, she shows how autobiography and biography have been crucial in debates over subject and object, public and private, fact and fiction - debates now refigured in feminist theory. The study explores the significance of the genre in eugenics and theories of "genius", the "new biography" of Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf and others, autobiography and historical consciousness from Wilhelm Dilthey to the present, recent theories of subjectivity and genre and contemporary autobiographical writings and feminist theories of life-writing.

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Review

" [T]his is a scholarly and challenging work. Its depth of research, elegant argument and impressive grasp of detail will ensure it becomes a classic of autobiographical criticism." -- "Times Higher Educational Supplement"
" Scholarly, and beautifully written, this is one of the most important books of the year." -- "Studies in English Literature"
0;[T]his is a scholarly and challenging work. Its depth of research, elegant argument and impressive grasp of detail will ensure it becomes a classic of autobiographical criticism.1; 2;"Times Higher Educational Supplement"
0;Scholarly, and beautifully written, this is one of the most important books of the year.1; 2;"Studies in English Literature"
“[T]his is a scholarly and challenging work. Its depth of research, elegant argument and impressive grasp of detail will ensure it becomes a classic of autobiographical criticism.” —"Times Higher Educational Supplement"
“Scholarly, and beautifully written, this is one of the most important books of the year.” —"Studies in English Literature"
"[T]his is a scholarly and challenging work. Its depth of research, elegant argument and impressive grasp of detail will ensure it becomes a classic of autobiographical criticism." --"Times Higher Educational Supplement"
"Scholarly, and beautifully written, this is one of the most important books of the year." --"Studies in English Literature"

About the Author

Laura Marcus is Lecturer in English and Humanities at Birkbeck College, University of London -- .

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719036429
• ISBN 13: 9780719036422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256