The Routledge Introduction to American Life Writing Paperback / softback
by Amy Monticello, Jason Tucker
Part of the Routledge Introductions to American Literature series
Paperback / softback
Description
The stories of lived experience offer powerful representations of a nation’s complex and often fractured identity.
Personal narratives have taken many forms in American literature.
From the letters and journals of the famous and the lesser known to the memoirs of former slaves to hit true crime podcasts to lyric essays to the curated archives we keep on social media, life writing has been a tool of both the influential and the disenfranchised to spark cultural and political evolution, to help define the larger identity of the nation, and to claim a sense of belonging within it.
Taken together, individual stories of real American lives weave a tapestry of history, humanity, and art while raising questions about the veracity of memory and the slippery nature of truth.
This volume surveys the forms of life writing that have contributed to the richness of American literature and shaped American discourse.
It examines life writing as a rhetorical tool for social change and explores how technological advancement has allowed ordinary Americans to chronicle and share their lives with others.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2023
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- ISBN:9780367341626
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/07/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367341626
