Robert F. Sayre's "The Examined Self" is a seminal work in the study of American autobiography. Its republication is a fitting initial effort in the new Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography series, under the general editorship of William L. Andrews, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin--Madison.Sayre's book, the first full scholarly study of American autobiography, was also the first to give full recognition to the rich potential of this American literary tradition. He studies the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin, Henry James, and Henry Adams not only in the context...
Robert F. Sayre's "The Examined Self" is a seminal work in the study of American autobiography. Its republication is a fitting initial effort in the n...
This is the autobiography of Carson McCullers, published more than 30 years after it was written. McCullers, one of the most gifted writers of her generation - the author of The Member of the Wedding, Reflections in a Golden Eye and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - died of a stroke at the age of 50 before finishing this, her last manuscript. Editor Carlos L. Dews has brought her story back to life, complete with letters between McCullers and her husband Reeves, and an outline of her most famous novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
This is the autobiography of Carson McCullers, published more than 30 years after it was written. McCullers, one of the most gifted writers of her gen...
September 1955. Six-year-old Mark O Brien moved his arms and legs for the last time. He came out of a thirty-day coma to find himself enclosed from the neck down in an iron lung, the machine in which he would live for much of the rest of his life. How I Became a Human Being is Mark O Brien s account of his struggles to lead an independent life despite a lifelong disability. In 1955, he contracted polio and became permanently paralyzed from the neck down. O Brien describes growing up without the use of his limbs, his adolescence struggling with physical rehabilitation and suffering the...
September 1955. Six-year-old Mark O Brien moved his arms and legs for the last time. He came out of a thirty-day coma to find himself enclosed from th...
In the 1890s American journalist Elizabeth L. Banks became an international phenomenon through a series of newspaper articles. Disguising herself in various costumes, Banks investigated and made public the working conditions of women in London. Writing from the perspective of an American girl, she explored and exposed a variety of employment, ranging from parlor maid to flower girl to American heiress. Banks demonstrated the capability of women for positions in journalism long held only by men.
In the 1890s American journalist Elizabeth L. Banks became an international phenomenon through a series of newspaper articles. Disguising herself in v...
