Memoir: An Introduction

by G. Thomas Couser

Book Overview

Each year brings a batch of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called "life writing" study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobiographies. Memoir: An Introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199826927
• ISBN13: 9780199826926
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"