Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century |
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| Editor:
| Caldwell, Tanya M. |
| Contribution by:
| Berglund, Lisa
Francus, Marilyn
Sabor, Peter
Caudle, James J.
Warren, Victoria
Gilman, Todd |
| Series title: | Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68448-226-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century is a collection of essays on memoir, biography, and autobiography during a formative period for the genre. Employing the methodology William Godwin outlined for novelists of taking material "from all sources, experience, report, and the records of human affairs," each contributor examines within the contexts of their time and historical traditions the anxieties and imperatives of the auto/biographer as she or he shapes material into a...
More Description Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century is a collection of essays on memoir, biography, and autobiography during a formative period for the genre. Employing the methodology William Godwin outlined for novelists of taking material "from all sources, experience, report, and the records of human affairs," each contributor examines within the contexts of their time and historical traditions the anxieties and imperatives of the auto/biographer as she or he shapes material into a legacy.