Autofiction in English
This innovative volume establishes autofiction as a new and dynamic area of theoretical research in English. Since the term was coined by Serge Doubrovsky, autofiction has become established as a recognizable genre within the French literary pantheon. Yet unlike other areas of French theory, English...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Autofiction in English - The Story So Far: Hywel Dix
- 2. Does Autofiction Belong to French or Francophone Authors and Readers only?: Karen Ferreira-Meyers
- 3. Autofiction in the Third Person, with a Reading of Christine Brooke-Rose's Remake: Lorna Martens
- 4. How Art Constitutes the Human: Aesthetics, Empathy and the Interesting in Autofiction: Meg Jensen
- 5. Autoethnography in post-British Literatures: A Comparative Reading of Charlotte Williams and Jackie Kay: Lisa Sheppard
- 6. Graphic Autofiction and the Visualization of Trauma in Lynda Barry and Phoebe Gloeckner's Graphic Memoirs: Olga Michael
- 7. Illness Narratives and the Consolations of Autofiction: Graham J. Matthews
- 8. Lives in Story: Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried: Sarah Foust Vinson
- 9. Unpicked and Remade: Creative Imperatives in John Burnside's Autofictions: Ricarda Menn
- 10) Autofiction as a Reflexive Mode of Thought: Implications for Personal Development: Celia Hunt
- 11. Autofictionalizing Reflective Writing Pedagogies: Risks and Possibilities: Amelia Walker
- 12. Roth is Roth as Roth: Autofiction and the Implied Author: Todd Womble
- 13. Self and Fiction in Walking to Hollywood: Alex Belsey
- 14. Eye to I: American Autofiction and its Contexts from Jerzy Kosinski to Dave Eggers: Bran Nicol.
