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Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma

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Examining a range of twentieth century writers, including Vera Brittain, Anne Frank and Eva Hoffman, this study focuses on how recent theories of trauma can elucidate the narrative strategies employed in their autobiographical writing. The historical circumstances of each author are also considered. The result is a book that provides a vivid sense of how women writers have ...more
Hardcover , 240 pages
Published January 3rd 2004 by Palgrave Macmillan (first published January 1st 2003)
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Faez
The best chapter is the first on Vera Brittain, A unique and tragic experience of war!
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