Drawing from life vs Mediating Memory: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biography as a literary form, Authorship, Biography & Memoir
Drawing from life
Meet Jerry Mathers, who, though resembling the middle-aged “Beaver,” bears no other relation, having been born in the 1970s when that illusion of American life was almost a decade dead. His mother, widowed by the…
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Mediating Memory
The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| Drawing from life | Mediating Memory | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (46) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
| Google Books | 3.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| Drawing from life | Mediating Memory | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 46 | — |
| Editions | 8 | 6 |
| Want to read | 22 | — |
| Reading it now | 2 | — |
| Pages | 300 | 344 |