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Intimate Reading - The Contemporary Women's Memoir (Paperback, 1st ed)
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Intimate Reading - The Contemporary Women's Memoir (Paperback, 1st ed)
Series: Writing American Women
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Loot Price R467
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An innovative study of the contemporary memoir, blending
autobiography and literary analysis to illuminole the intellectual,
cultural, and emotional dynamics of life writing Maintaining that
the memoir requires a more personal relationship with its readers
and critics, Janet Mason Ellerby calls for ""intimate readings.""
She begins this work with her own memoir, narrating a long-held
secret - her pregnancy at age sixteen, her life in the Florence
Crittendon Home for Unwed Mothers, and the birth and adoption of
her first daughter. She goes on to tell about the aftermath of this
pivotal time in and the painful consequences of keeping a secret.
Included are detailed analyses of more than a dozen contemporary
memoirs by American women, all of which share a common purpose: the
disclosure of secrets. Ellerby describes the costs of this secrecy
and explores the possibilities of breaking intractable codes of
silence. It is a study that is germane to the intellectual and
emotional lives of all women. This book is the first serious
exploration of a genre that has gained acceptance with an expanding
audience of readers. Ellerby maintains that the efforts of
memoirists to plumb their painful pasts has cultural significance
and precipitates important social work. The memoir joins fiction
and autobiography as an important commentary on modern life.
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