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This is a study of Spanish American autobiography from its beginnings in the post-colonial nineteenth century to the present day. Spanish American autobiographies are shown to be fascinating hybrids, aspiring to documentary status while unabashedly exalting the self, and dwelling on personal experience while purporting to be exercises in historiography.Molloy, Sylvia is the author of 'At Face Value Autobiographical Writing in Spanish America' with ISBN 9780521331951 and ISBN 0521331951.
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