Interpreting the Self Two Hundred Years of American Autobiography

Name: Interpreting the Self Two Hundred Years of American Autobiography
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ISBN: 9780226054483

ISBN-10: 0226054489

ISBN-13: 9780226054483

Edition: 2000

Authors: Diane Bjorklund

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In this ambitious study, Diane Bjorklund explores the historical nature of self-narrative. Examining over 100 American autobiographers published in the last two centuries, she discusses not only well-known autobiographies such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a traveling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Bjorklund draws on the colorful stories of these autobiographers to show how their historical epoch shapes their understandings of self. "A refreshingly welcome approach to this intriguing topic. . . . [Bjorklund's] extensive and systematic approach to her source…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. In 2005 he received the Modern Language Association’s Lois Roth Award for his translation of Hans Erich Nossack’s The End: Hamburg 1943. ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½



Prologue


Acknowledgments



Introduction Autobiographies as a Source of Data Organization of this Study



Autobiography as a Social Situation Interaction with an Audience


The Presentation of Self Telling a Story



The Self as Morality Play Historical Background


Theory of the Self Telling the Story


Conclusion



Masters of Fate Historical Background


Theory of the Self Telling the Story


Conclusion



The Uncertain Self Historical Background


Theory of the Self Telling the Story


Conclusion



The Beleaguered Self Historical Background


Theory of the Self Telling the Story


Some Contemporary Variations



Conclusion: The Autobiography as Moral Performance



Method



American Autobiographies: An Overview


Notes


Primary Sources


Bibliography Index