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Autobiography: Essays Theoretical and Critical

by James Olney (Editor)

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Professor Olney gathers together in this book some of the best and most important writings on autobiography produced in the past two decades.

Originally published in 1980.

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 paperback ...more

Paperback , 376 pages

Published 1980 by Princeton University Press

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