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Each year brings a glut of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called "life writing" study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobiographies. Memoir: An Introduction proffers a succinct and comprehensive survey of the genre (and its many subgenres) while taking readers through the various techniques, the.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Memoir Is, and What It Is Not; 2. Memoir and Genre; 3. Memoir's Forms; 4. Memoir's Ethics; 5. Memoir's American Roots; 6. Contemporary American Memoir; 7. The Work of Memoir; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.
Includes bibliographical references and index.