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Memoir

by: Yagoda, Ben

Memoir

by: Yagoda, Ben

ISBN 13:
9781594488863
ISBN 10:
159448886X
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/12/2009
Publisher: Riverhead Books

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Summary

From Saint Augustine's "Confessions" to Augusten Burroughs's "Running with Scissors," the art of memoir has had a fascinating life. Yagoda, a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, offers the definitive history and analysis of the memoir.

Author's Note: By Way of Definition	p. 1
Memoir Nation Universe	p. 5
Before Memoir: Chronicles and Confessions	p. 31
These Autobiographical Times of Ours	p. 57
The United States of Autobiography	p. 71
Interlude: Truth, Memory, and Autobiography	p. 93
Eminent Victorian Autobiography	p. 113
One Hundred Percent Americans	p. 143
Modernists and Movie Stars	p. 169
Looking on the Bright Side, Mainly: Mid-Century Memoirs	p. 191
Songs of Myself	p. 215
Truth and Consequences	p. 243
Acknowledgments	p. 273
A Note on Sources	p. 275
Index of Memoirists and Autobiographers	p. 281
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Memoir

Memoir

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159448886X

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