Origins of the Individualist Self Autobiography and Self-Identity in England, 1591-1791 |
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| Author:
| Mascuch, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-2901-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1997 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The author describes the origins of English autobiographical writing and links the development of this genre with the emergence of modern ideas of the self, where self-identity becomes its own object and telos.
The author describes the origins of English autobiographical writing and links the development of this genre with the emergence of modern ideas of the self, where self-identity becomes its own object and telos.