My Generation Collective Autobiography and Identity Politics

by John Hazlett and John Downton Hazlett

Book Overview

John Hazlett's engaging and insightful study of writers from the 1960s demonstrates for the first time the ways in which the idea of the generation has affected autobiographical writing in this century. Exchanging "I" for "we," autobiographers from the sixties claim to speak on behalf of all members of their generation. However, the extent to which each perspective accurately represents that generation's beliefs, values, and goals will continually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299157849
• ISBN13: 9780299157845
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"