Artful truths : the philosophy of memoir / Helena de Bres.

By:

De Bres, Helena

Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021Description: 233 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780226788135
9780226793801

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.06/692 23

LOC classification:

CT25 .D39 2021

Contents:

What is memoir? -- Is all memoir really fiction? -- Should memoirists aim to tell the truth? -- What do memoirists owe the people they write about -- Why write a memoir?

Summary: "From social media to the return of the personal essay to the rise of "autofiction," it seems we inhabit an era of unprecedented self-display. But self-display in its literary form, the memoir, has been around for ages, always freighted with formal and philosophical complexity from Augustine's Confessions on. In this book, philosopher Helena de Bres tackles the philosophy of memoir. What is memoir? Is all memoir really fiction? Should memoirists aim to tell the truth? What do memoirists owe the people they write about? And finally: Why write a memoir at all?"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.

What is memoir? -- Is all memoir really fiction? -- Should memoirists aim to tell the truth? -- What do memoirists owe the people they write about -- Why write a memoir?

"From social media to the return of the personal essay to the rise of "autofiction," it seems we inhabit an era of unprecedented self-display. But self-display in its literary form, the memoir, has been around for ages, always freighted with formal and philosophical complexity from Augustine's Confessions on. In this book, philosopher Helena de Bres tackles the philosophy of memoir. What is memoir? Is all memoir really fiction? Should memoirists aim to tell the truth? What do memoirists owe the people they write about? And finally: Why write a memoir at all?"-- Provided by publisher.