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Character and Conversion in Autobiography
Patrick Riley
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Description for Character and Conversion in Autobiography
Hardback. Challenging predominant theories of subjectivity in autobiography studies, 'Character and Conversion in Autobiography' recognises subjectivity as a dynamic process and suggests a redefinition of how we examine character and life writing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
What happens, asks Patrick Riley, when a life transformed becomes an autobiography? What is the relationship between the subjective upheaval of conversion and the representation of character? Who, then, is this ""self"" writing the life narrative? Thinking of conversion as a radical turning point or fulcrum on which incompatible configurations of character are precariously balanced, Riley examines both historically and tropologically the paradoxes of identity and life writing that conversion raises. While conversion can motivate the writing of an autobiography that ties together threads of a life story, it also implies a fragmentation of character. As it creates a unified ... Read more
What happens, asks Patrick Riley, when a life transformed becomes an autobiography? What is the relationship between the subjective upheaval of conversion and the representation of character? Who, then, is this ""self"" writing the life narrative? Thinking of conversion as a radical turning point or fulcrum on which incompatible configurations of character are precariously balanced, Riley examines both historically and tropologically the paradoxes of identity and life writing that conversion raises. While conversion can motivate the writing of an autobiography that ties together threads of a life story, it also implies a fragmentation of character. As it creates a unified ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813922928
SKU
V9780813922928
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