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Description for First Person Past
Paperback. The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. Editor(s): Morton, Marian; Duncan, Russell. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves.
The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. The men and women presented here observed, shaped, or participated in many of the most exciting and important events of American history. First Person Past lets them speak for themselves.
From the hundreds of American autobiographies, the editors have chosen twelve for each of Volumes I and II of First Person Past because they are interesting history and good literature. Their literary ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781881089988
SKU
V9781881089988
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Ref
99-50
About Morton
Russell Duncan is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marian Morton is a professor at John Carroll University.
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