The Conscience of the Autobiographer

Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Autobiography
1992. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-333-55492-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 199 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Studies in Literature and Religion

This book argues that the writing of autobiography raises crucial issues of conscience as an author tries to know, assess, and represent character. Individual chapters explore such issues as the nature of truthfulness, characterization, the virtues, shame, and the religious dimensions of conscience.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barbour, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor's Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conscience and Truthfulness - Character and Characterization - Conscience in the Essays of Montaigne and Johnson - Franklin and the Critics of Individualism - Ressentiment, Public Virtues, and Malcolm X - Shame in the Autobiographies of Mary McCarthy - Conclusion - Notes - Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN D. BARBOUR is Associate Professor of Religion a St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he has taught since 1982. He has published articles in , and , and