Patterns of Experience in Autobiography

by Susanna Egan

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Egan asks why autobiographers use patterns -- such as myths of paradise and paradise lost, the journey, conversion, and confession -- taken from fiction to express personal experiences. She suggests that these stages of the written life derive from psychological imperatives that determine how the self and the world are perceived. She examines the autobiographical works of Rousseau, Wordsworth, George Moore, and Thomas Carlyle and the writings of William...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807865338

ISBN13:9780807865330

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.59 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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