American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative

Mailer, Wideman, Eggers
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-35132-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

This book explores the conflicted relationship writers have with their public image, particularly when they have written about their personal lives. D'Amore analyzes the autobiographical works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Dave Eggers in light of theories of authorship, autobiography, and celebrity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Amore, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Norman Mailer's Existential Autobiography Process and Play in 'Great Time': John Edgar Wideman's Interactive Autobiographical Project 'But Self-Awareness Is Sincerity': Authorship and Exposure, Irony and Earnestness, Dave Eggers and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan D Amore is a lecturer in the Department of English at St. Michael s College in Colchester, Vermont, where he teaches courses in writing, life narratives, and American literature.