Writing your self : transforming personal material / Myra Schneider and John Killick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Myra, 1936-

Contributor:

Killick, John, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography--Authorship.

Autobiography.

Biography as a literary form.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing Your Self is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to explore personal material in their writing. It examines how many writers use personal subject matter in memoirs, poems, journals and novels. Part One focuses on universal experiences including childhood, identity, adult relationships and loss as well as more specific issues such as displacement and disability, physical and mental illness and abuse. Throughout the book writers, including the authors, give frank, firsthand accounts of their own experiences and how they have tackled writing about them. . Part Two begins with a

Contents:

Contents; Notes on the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; Part 2; Conclusion; About the contributors; Poetry acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612876752

9781282876750

1282876759

9781441190703

1441190708

OCLC:

682540729