Fabricating Lives: Autobiographical Studies

Leibowitz, Herbert A.

ISBN 10: 0811211681 / ISBN 13: 9780811211680

Edité par New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1991

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Synopsis :

Long fascinated by the "renegade power" of autobiography and by "its multiple forms of self-disclosure and self-concealment," Herbert Leibowitz explores his lifelong interest in Fabricating Lives. A lively and original study of eight American autobiographers, the book examines the problem posed by an art where craftiness is hand in glove with craft: after all, a memoirist wants us to perceive him in a certain way; how do we penetrate his strategies and subterfuges? "The self," Leibowitz answers, "reveals itself through style." To discover the human essence of his subjects, he scrutinizes their styles (including Benjamin Franklin's plain talk and "possum's wit," Gertrude Stein's "gossipy ventriloquism," and William Carlos Williams' "grumpy clowning" and foxy innocence), looking beyond their visions of themselves to their true identities.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Fabricating Lives: Autobiographical Studies
Éditeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition : 1991
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket