1st Edition

Encyclopedia of Life Writing Autobiographical and Biographical Forms

Edited By Margaretta Jolly
1140 Pages
by Routledge

1150 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2001. This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute life writing. As this term suggests, the Encyclopedia explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on... Read more
Chapter 1 A; Chapter 2 B; Chapter 3 C; Chapter 4 D; Chapter 5 E; Chapter 6 F; Chapter 7 G; Chapter 8 H; Chapter 9 I; Chapter 10 J; Chapter 11 K; Chapter 12 L; Chapter 13 M; Chapter 14 N; Chapter 15 O; Chapter 16 P; Chapter 17 R; Chapter 18 S; Chapter 19 T; Chapter 20 U; Chapter 21 V; Chapter 22 W; Chapter 23 X; Chapter 24 Y; Chapter 25 Z;

Biography

Margaretta Jolly

"A unique perspective because it focuses on a person's contribution to life writing, to the exclusion of his or her other accomplishments." -- Booklist/RBB