The Late-Career Novelist: Career Construction Theory, Authors and Autofiction

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: From the Late to the Retrospective -- 2. Life Themes and Life Stories: Career Construction and the Re-writing of the Authorial Self -- 3. Imaginary Authors of Real Books -- 4. Intimate Paratexts -- 5. Cultural Narratives and The Collective Library -- 6. Feeding Fiction Forward: Anxieties of Influence -- 7. Autofiction in Theory and Practice -- 8. Conclusion: Advancing the Occupational Plot -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Hywel Dix
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Aug 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1350030066
• | ISBN-13: 9781350030060