Modern Selves
eBook - ePub

Modern Selves

Essays on Modern British and American Autobiography

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Modern Selves

Essays on Modern British and American Autobiography

About this book

This book discusses gender and autobiography, and the politics of autobiography. It offers examples of ways of making sense of individual works or groups of works.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780714632551
9781138166134
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781135779740

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Criticism and the Autobiographical Tradition
  9. Woman's Autobiographical Writings: New Forms
  10. Sexual Identity in Modern British Autobiography
  11. The Mask of Form in Out of Africa
  12. Contemporary Working-class Autobiography: Politics of Form, Politics of Content
  13. Appropriating (Life-) History through Autobiographical Writing: André Gorz's The Traitor, a Dialectical Inquiry into the Self
  14. The Politics of Edwin Muir's Autobiographies
  15. Autobiography, Epistemology and the Irish Tradition: The Example of Denis Johnston
  16. In Search of Himselves: The Autobiographical Writings of Graham Greene
  17. Autobiography and Fiction
  18. I Do Believe Him Though I Know He Lies: Lying as Genre and Metaphor in Richard Wright's Black Boy
  19. Index

Trusted by 375,005 students

Access to over 1.5 million titles for a fair monthly price.

Study more efficiently using our study tools.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn how to download books offline
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.5M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1.5 million books across 990+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn about our mission
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more about Read Aloud
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS and Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app
Yes, you can access Modern Selves by Philip Dodd in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism for Comparative Literature. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.