French Autobiography Devices and Desires: Rousseau to Perec

This important book uses close readings of sixteen key French autobiographers to provide a major contribution to theoretical discussions of the genre. Sheringham traces the development of autobiography in French from Rousseau, exploring the differing devices with which autobiographers have dealt with enduring challenges: the difficulty of self-scrutiny, the self as textual construct, the relation to the reader, the problem of memory, and the influence of other texts and people.

• | Author: Michael Sheringham
• | Publisher: OUP Oxford
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 1993
• | Number of Pages: 364 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0198158432
• | ISBN-13: 9780198158431