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Victoria Stewart - Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma - 9781403903068 - V9781403903068
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Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma

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Description for Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma Hardcover. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 391.
Examining a range of twentieth century writers, including Vera Brittain, Anne Frank and Eva Hoffman, this study focuses on how recent theories of trauma can elucidate the narrative strategies employed in their autobiographical writing. The historical circumstances of each author are also considered. The result is a book which provides a vivid sense of how women writers have attempted to encompass key events of the twentieth century, particularly the First World War and the Holocaust, within their life stories.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403903068
SKU
V9781403903068
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Victoria Stewart
VICTORIA STEWART is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Reviews for Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma
'Victoria Stewart's book, Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma , expands the current academic discourse in the field of trauma studies. Whereas a great deal of attention has been paid to memoirs of war and shellshock, Stewart focuses on more ambiguous and complicated autobiographical texts written by bereft noncombatants or victims of Nazi persecution, and sheds new light on war memoirs ... Read more

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