The Norton Book of American Autobiography (Hardcover, 1st ed)

"The essential American form of expression."—from the Introduction by Jay Parini

From Mary Rowlandson's story of her capture by Indians in the mid-seventeenth century to Mary Paik Lee's story of being a pioneer Korean woman in America at the beginning of the twentieth century, the autobiographical form has provided our most vivid, intimate glimpses of daily American life and self-understanding.

In this groundbreaking anthology, respected writer and critic Jay Parini brings together an abundant selection from over three centuries of "the democratic voice . . . discovering itself." Here are the voices of the Founding Fathers and African American slaves; of transcendentalists and suffragists; of ancestors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, James Baldwin, and many others; and of a wide range of contemporaries, including Maxine Hong Kingston, Gore Vidal, Julia Alvarez, and Mark Doty.

The rich, continuous influence of autobiographical writing in our culture is clear, and as memoirs continue to fascinate readers, this invaluable anthology provides an essential guide to our foremost American literary tradition.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1999
First published:	March 1999
Editors:	Jay Parini
Preface by:	Gore Vidal
Dimensions:	236 x 155 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	720
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-04677-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-04677-X
Barcode:	9780393046779

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