Design and Truth in Autobiography
eBook - ePub

Design and Truth in Autobiography

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Design and Truth in Autobiography

About this book

Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This study suggests some of the answers to these questions. It takes the view that autobiography is one of the dominant and characteristic forms of literary self-expression and deserves examination for its own sake. This book outlines a definition of the form and traces its historical origins and development, analyses its 'truth' and talks about what sort of self-knowledge it investigates.

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Yes, you can access Design and Truth in Autobiography by Roy Pascal in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Letteratura & Critica letteraria. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781317379669
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. I—What is an autobiography?
  8. II—The earlier history of autobiography
  9. III—The classical age of autobiography
  10. IV—The classical achievement and modern developments
  11. V—The elusiveness of truth
  12. VI—The autobiography of childhood
  13. VII—The acquisition of an outlook
  14. VIII—The story of a calling
  15. IX—The autobiography of the poet
  16. Xā€”ā€œMan in all the truth of natureā€
  17. XI—The autobiographical novel
  18. XII—The structure of truth in autobiography
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index