{"product_id":"writing-life-writing-narrative-history-autobiography-paperback","title":"Writing Life Writing: Narrative, History, Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Eakin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCraig Howes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul John Eakin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Ruth N. Halls Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFictions in Autobiography: Studies in the Art of Self-Invention\u003c\/i\u003e (1985); \u003ci\u003eTouching the World: Reference in Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (1992); \u003ci\u003eHow Our Lives Become Stories: Making Selves\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); and \u003ci\u003eLiving Autobiographically: How We Create Identity in Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eOn Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, by Philippe Lejeune 1989); \u003ci\u003eAmerican Autobiography: Retrospect and Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e (1991); and \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Life Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409359487154,"sku":"9780367515775","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b74994f3fce61094b32dd3a746b18a69.webp?v=1778264336","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/writing-life-writing-narrative-history-autobiography-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}