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First Person Past - Softcover

 
9781881089070: First Person Past
Softcover
ISBN 10: 188108907X ISBN 13: 9781881089070
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves.

From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary and historical virtues have been preserved as edited for inclusion in each volume.

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About the Author

Russell Duncan is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Marian Morton is a professor at John Carroll University.

From the Back Cover

The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon.The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves.

From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary and historical virtues have been preserved as edited for inclusion in each volume.

From the Inside Flap

The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon.The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves.

From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary and historical virtues have been preserved as edited for inclusion in each volume.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
188108907X
ISBN 13 
9781881089070
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
268
Editor
Morton Marian, Duncan Russell