Controlling Time and Shaping the Self: Developments in Auto biographical Writing since the Sixteenth Century: 3 - Rilegato

Libro 10 di 12: Egodocuments and History Series

J. Arianne Baggerman; Rudolf M. Dekker; Michael James Mascuch

 
9789004195004: Controlling Time and Shaping the Self: Developments in Auto biographical Writing since the Sixteenth Century: 3
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ISBN 10: 9004195009 ISBN 13: 9789004195004
Casa editrice: BRILL, 2011

Sinossi

This book explores new questions and approaches to the rise of autobiographical writing since the early modern period. What motivated more and more men and women to write records of their private life? How could private writing grow into a bestselling genre? How was this rapidly expanding genre influenced by new ideas about history that emerged around 1800? How do we explain the paradox of the apparent privacy of publicity in many autobiographies? Such questions are addressed with reference to well-known autobiographies and an abundance of newfound works by persons hitherto unknown, not only from Europe, but also the Near East, and Japan. This volume features new views of the complex field of historical autobiography studies, and is the first to put the genre in a global perspective.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Arianne Baggerman studied history at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has published various books and articles in the fields of book history and cultural history. Professor Baggerman previously taught at the Utrecht University, and is now teaching history at Erasmus and is Professor of Book History at the University of Amsterdam. Rudolf Dekker studied history at the University of Amster¬dam. He has published a number of books and articles on social and cultural history. Recently, he published a survey of the History of the Netherlands. Michael Mascuch read Modern History at Cambridge University. His research has focused on early modern English culture and society. He now teaches in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Editore
BRILL
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9004195009
ISBN 13 
9789004195004
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
560
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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