The Conscience of the Autobiographer: Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Autobiography - Rilegato

Barbour, John D.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0312081022 ISBN 13: 9780312081027

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1992

Riassunto

This book argues that autobiography is not simply an account of how an author's conscience operated in the past, but also a searching assessment of the writer's moral character in both the past and the present. Thus the writing of autobiography reflects and represents an act of conscience, or moral self-assessment, as a person tries to know, evaluate, and represent one's own character.
Individual chapters examine the nature of truthfulness in autobiography, the relationship between character assessment and literary characterization, conscience in the essays of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin's view of the individual, Malcolm X's concern with public virtues, and Mary McCarthy's assessment of experiences of shame. Barbour explores the religious dimensions of conscience in terms of each writer's relation to Christian traditions, and in terms of each writer's moral self-criticism and self-transcendence. The Conscience of the Autobiographer demonstrates the value of ethical criticism of autobiography, integrating theories of autobiography, ethical theory, and the interpretation of particular narratives.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0312081022
• ISBN 13: 9780312081027
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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