New essays on life writing and the body / edited by Christopher Stuart and Stephanie Todd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stuart, Christopher.

Todd, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography.

Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In light of materialist revisions of the Cartesian dual self and the increased recognition of memoir and autobiography as a crucial cultural index, the physical body has emerged in the last twenty-five years as an increasingly inescapable object of inquiry, speculation, and theory that intersects all of the various subgenres of life writing. New Essays on Life Writing and the Body thus offers a timely, original, focused, and yet appropriately interdisciplinary study of life writing. Thi...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; VALUES MADE FLESH; CONTROL, CREATIVITY AND THE BODY IN VIRGINIA WOOLF'S "A SKETCH OF THE PAST"; GERTRUDE STEIN'S "EMOTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY"; PART II; THEY WEREN'T WHAT THEY ATE; THE FIT AND ATHLETIC BODY IN NEW WOMEN AUTOBIOGRAPHIES; DRESSING THE PART; PART III; INTIMACY, ERASURE AND THE OTHER; THE EMBODIMENT OF MEMORY; IMAGES OF THE FAMILY BODY IN THE ADOPTEE SEARCH NARRATIVE; PART IV; REFIGURING THE MASCULINE BODY IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF DISABLED AMERICAN MEN

THE BROKEN MIRROR OF IDENTITY IN LUCY GREALY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACEMEMOIR AND (LACK OF) MEMORY; SIDE BY SIDE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48110-X

9786612481109

1-4438-0803-2

OCLC:

823720414