Teaching Life Writing Texts

The past thirty years have witnessed a rapid growth in the number and variety of courses and programs that study life writing from literary, philosophical, psychological, and cultural perspectives. The field has evolved from the traditional approach that biographies and autobiographies were always about prominent people--historically significant persons, the nobility, celebrities, writers--to the conception of life writing as a genre of interrogation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873528204
• ISBN13: 9780873528207
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher