When memory speaks : reflections on autobiography / Jill Ker Conway.
When memory speaks : reflections on autobiography / Jill Ker Conway.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Date
1998.
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808.06692/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
205 p. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Conway traces the narrative patterns typically found in autobiographies by men to the tale of the classical Greek hero and his epic journey of adventure. She shows how this configuration evolved, in memoirs, into the passionate romantic struggling against the conventions of society, into the frontier hero battling the wilderness, into self-made men...
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When memory speaks : reflections on autobiography / Jill Ker Conway.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-191) and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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808.06692/2
Record Identifier
74VMb43BgZBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMb43BgZBO
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ISBN
0679766456 (pbk.)
9780679445937
0679445935
9780679766452 (pbk.)
DDC
808.06692
MMS ID
991000910759702626
