Constructing the Subject in Nineteenth-Century Autobiography
Papers from the conference, “The Subject of Autobiography,” University of Southern Maine, September 29-October 1, 1989
Table of Contents
“Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Autobiography, Whence and Whither” by Linda H. Peterson
“Self-Neglect in the Canon: Why Don’t We Talk about Romantic Autobiography” by Kay K. Cook
“Class, Gender, and the Victorian Masculine Subject” by Martin A. Danahay
“Subjectivity and Self-Reflexivity in the Study of Women’s Diaries as Autobiography” by Suzanne L. Bunkers
“‘Sorella di Dante’: Caroline Dall and the Paternal Discourse” by Rose Norman
Other Essays
“The Garden and the Self in Great War Autobiography” by Mark A. R. Facknitz
“The Italian Perspective: Italian Criticism of American Autobiography” by Maria Marotti
Reviews
Interpreting Women’s Lives: Feminist Theory and Personal Narratives. Ed. The Personal Narratives Group (Indiana UP, 1989). Reviewed by Rebecca Hogan
Centuries of Female Days: Englishwomen’s Private Diaries by Harriet Blodgett (Rutgers UP, 1988). Reviewed by Cynthia Huff
Black Women Writing Autobiography: A Tradition within a Tradition by Joanne M. Braxton (Temple UP, 1989). Reviewed by Geneva Cobb Moore
Autobiographical Voices: Race, Gender, Self-Portraiture by Françoise Lionnet (Cornell UP, 1989). Reviewed by Julia Watson
Forbidden Family: A Wartime Memoir of the Philippines, 1941-1945 by Margaret Sams. Ed. Lynn Z. Bloom (U of Wisconsin P, 1989). Reviewed by Suzanne L. Bunkers
Availability
Out of Print: A photocopy may be ordered for $25 plus shipping.
