Autobiographical Voices
Author | : Françoise Lionnet |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501723117 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501723111 |
Rating | : 4/5 (111 Downloads) |
Download or read book Autobiographical Voices written by Françoise Lionnet and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a boldly innovative approach to women’s autobiographical writing, Françoise Lionnet here examines the rhetoric of self-portraiture in works by authors who are bilingual or multilingual or of mixed races or cultures. Autobiographical Voices offers incisive readings of texts by Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Marie Cardinal, Maryse Condé, Marie-Thérèse Humbert, Augustine, and Nietzsche.