The Tradition Of Womens Autobiography From Antiquity To The Present

Download or read book The Tradition of Women's Autobiography from Antiquity to the Present written by Estelle C. Jelinek and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking literary history, Estelle Jelinek traces startling consistencies in the way women have written about their lives from an early Roman memoir to contemporary American autobiographies. In fact, Jelinek establishes a distinctive tradition of women's autobiography that differs remarkably from men's autobiography in content, narrative form, and projected self-image.For all those interested in literature, history, and women's studies, The Tradition of Women's Autobiography challenges us to reevaluate the art of autobiography, enriching and expanding the genre's possibilities to include a women's tradition whose respected place in the literary history of the genre is long overdue.