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Author Gilmore, Leigh, 1959- author.

Title The limits of autobiography : trauma and testimony / Leigh Gilmore
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Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023
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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
Kincaid, Jamaica -- Criticism and interpretation
Allison, Dorothy, 1949- Bastard out of Carolina
Gilmore, Mikal. Shot in the heart
Self in literature.
First person narrative.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1501770780
9781501770784
1501770799
9781501770791