Autobiographical occasions and original acts : versions of American identity from Henry Adams to Nate Shaw
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Stone, Albert E.
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LC Subjects
Adams, Henry, -- 1838-1918.
American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography.
Autobiography.
Shaw, Nate.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Adams, Henry, -- 1838-1918. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJx4rg373y3HDBdccD8KVC
American prose literature.
Authors, American.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Shaw, Nate. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpV7gKBbDydRrYDkHdG73
United States. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Subjects
American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Amerikaans.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Autobiografieën.
Autobiographie.
Autobiographies as Topic.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
autobiography (genre)
Autobiography.
Autobiography.
Biography.
Prose américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies.
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Biographies.

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xvi, 349 pages ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Stone rescues autobiography from the thickets of recent critical theory, in which the life portrayed has often seemed less important than the inventive literary techniques. He argues that the techniques are important because knowledge of the life is important to our culture. Restricting himself primarily to 16 writers of the 20th century, Stone juxtaposes two or three figures in given chapters, such as "Becoming a Woman in Male America: Margaret Mead and Anais Nin" and "Two Recreate One: The Act of Collaboration in Recent Black Autobiography -- Ossie Guffy, Nate Shaw, Malcolm X." Other writers considered are W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Adams, Black Elk, Thomas Merton, Louis Sullivan, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Frank Conroy, and Lillian Hellman.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stone, A. E. (1982). Autobiographical occasions and original acts: versions of American identity from Henry Adams to Nate Shaw . University of Pennsylvania Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stone, Albert E. 1982. Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts: Versions of American Identity From Henry Adams to Nate Shaw. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stone, Albert E. Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts: Versions of American Identity From Henry Adams to Nate Shaw Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.

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Stone, A. E. (1982). Autobiographical occasions and original acts: versions of american identity from henry adams to nate shaw. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stone, Albert E. Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts: Versions of American Identity From Henry Adams to Nate Shaw University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.

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