Memoir: A History

by Ben Yagoda

Book Overview

From Augustine's Confessions to Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. "As Yagoda says: 'Memoir has become the central form of the culture: not only the way stories are told, but the way arguments are put forth, products and properties marketed, ideas floated, acts justified, reputations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594484821
• ISBN13: 9781594484827
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher