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Patterns Of Experience In Autobiography
by
Susanna Egan
Egan asks why autobiographers use patterns -- such as myths of paradise and paradise lost, the journey, conversion, and confession -- taken from fiction to express personal experiences. She suggests that these stages of the written life derive from psychological imperatives that determine how the self and the world are perceived. She examines the autobiographical works of
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Hardcover
,
240 pages
Published
August 13th 1984
by University of North Carolina Press
(first published August 1st 1984)
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