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"Donaldson's skill is really a rare and fine art everyone who is interested in twentieth-century fiction or in the art of biography or in the mysterious relationship between the temperament of an artist and the work he produces should have By Force of Will within arm's reach. In its way it is a masterpiece." --Walter Sullivan, The Sewanee Review

"Not the least of its virtues is the way in which it allows its reader to play along with a masterly scholarly detective." --San Francisco Examiner

James Olney examines the writings of seven men--Montaigne, Jung, George Fox, Darwin, Newman, Mills, and Eliot--and traces the essential and unique autobiographical impulse, and in a real sense makes it live.

Originally published in 1981.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the...

James Olney examines the writings of seven men--Montaigne, Jung, George Fox, Darwin, Newman, Mills, and Eliot--and traces the essential and unique autobiographical impulse, and in a real sense makes it live.

Originally published in 1981.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the...

The story of Florene Linnen and the Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group. With only a 6th grade education, she used the lessons that she learned from her parents along with life lessons, to aid her in transforming the treatment of diabetes in the rural (mostly African-American) part of Georgetown County, South Carolina. Having diabetes herself, she took information from a workshop and rallied the community members to work together. Her results had such an impact that people from across the nation have sought out her secrets. Mrs. Linnen and her organization have been recognized across the...