First Person Past: American Autobiographies, Volume 1 |
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Editor:
| Morton, Marian Duncan, Russell |
ISBN: | 978-1-881089-07-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2003 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.95USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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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 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.