Sex, Lies, and Autobiography The Ethics of Confession |
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| Author:
| O'Rourke, James |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2512-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.00 |
Book Description:
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Reveals how autobiographies are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of life. The author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: Wordsworth's ""Prelude"", Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" and ""Villette"", Shelley's ""Frankenstein"", and Nabokov's ""Lolita"".
Reveals how autobiographies are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of life. The author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: Wordsworth's ""Prelude"", Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" and ""Villette"", Shelley's ""Frankenstein"", and Nabokov's ""Lolita"".