Writing Life Writing
About this book
Why do we endlessly tell the stories of our lives? And why do others pay attention when we do? The essays collected here address these questions, focusing on three different but interrelated dimensions of life writing. The first section, "Narrative," argues that narrative is not only a literary form but also a social and cultural practice, and finally a mode of cognition and an expression of our most basic physiology. The next section, "Life Writing: Historical Forms," makes the case for the historical value of the subjectivity recorded in ego-documents. The essays in the final section, "Autobiography Now," identify primary motives for engaging in self-narration in an age characterized by digital media and quantum cosmology.
Reader Profile
· 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Writing Life Writing?
About ≈ 5 h 20 m — 288 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Writing Life Writing?
288 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Writing Life Writing?
It sits on the Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is Writing Life Writing in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Writing Life Writing?
Paul John Eakin.