American Autobiography: Retrospect and Prospect
- ISBN-10
- 0299127842
- ISBN-13
- 9780299127848
- Category
- American prose literature
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Press
- Author
- Paul John Eakin
Description
This is the first comprehensive assessment of the major periods and varieties of American autobiography. The eleven original essays in this volume do not only survey what has been done; they also point toward what can and should be done in future studies of a literary genre that is now receiving major scholarly attention. Book jacket.
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