Artful Histories is an account of modern Australian autobiography that radically revises theories of autobiography and discusses a remarkably broad range of popular and literary texts written over a period of three decades. In his challenge to post-structuralist theories of autobiography, particular...

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1. Verfasser:	McCooey, David 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1900-1996 Geschichte Authors, Australian / 20th century / Biography / History and criticism Australian prose literature / 20th century / History and criticism Narration (Rhetoric) / History / 20th century Self in literature Autobiography Autobiografische Literatur Australien Australia / Biography / History and criticism Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:	Artful Histories is an account of modern Australian autobiography that radically revises theories of autobiography and discusses a remarkably broad range of popular and literary texts written over a period of three decades. In his challenge to post-structuralist theories of autobiography, particularly in terms of autobiography's relationship with fiction and history, David McCooey analyses the nature of the self, the question of intent and the role of narrative. He discusses the ways in which the autobiographer makes sense of his or her life through a developing but continuous awareness of the narrative quality of experience. The book explores themes around the mythology of childhood, education, sexuality, the discovery of hidden histories, the trauma of displacement and death and, finally, the importance of place in the Australian imagination
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (viii, 237 pages)
ISBN:	9781139084956
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139084956