| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2023 Edition -- Introduction: The Limits of Autobiography -- 1. Represent Yourself -- 2. Bastard Testimony -- 3. There Will Always Be a Father -- 4. There Will Always Be a Mother -- 5. Without Names -- Conclusion: The Knowing Subject and an Alternative Jurisprudence of Trauma -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"An analysis of how trauma shaped innovation in autobiographical writing during the memoir boom"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
life writing, trauma and autobiography, literature and autobiography, self-representation of trauma, limit-cases, representing trauma, trauma and life writing, literature and trauma studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- Written on the body
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Kincaid, Jamaica -- Criticism and interpretation
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Allison, Dorothy, 1949- Bastard out of Carolina
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Gilmore, Mikal. Shot in the heart
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| SUBJECT |
Kincaid, Jamaica. fast (OCoLC)fst00116264 |
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Bastard out of Carolina (Allison, Dorothy) fast (OCoLC)fst01777051 |
| Subject |
Self in literature.
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First person narrative.
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First person narrative.
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Self in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1501770780 |
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9781501770784 |
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1501770799 |
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9781501770791 |
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