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9780198158431
This important book uses close readings of sixteen key French autobiographers to provide a major contribution to theoretical discussions of the genre. Sheringham traces the development of autobiography in French from Rousseau, exploring the differing devices with which autobiographers have dealt with enduring challenges: the difficulty of self-scrutiny, the self as textual construct, the relation to the reader, the problem of memory, and the influence of other texts and people.Sheringham, Michael is the author of 'French Autobiography Devices and Desires Rousseau to Perec' with ISBN 9780198158431 and ISBN 0198158432.
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