Self-Same Songs: Autobiographical Performances and Reflections

by Roger J. Porter

Self-Same Songs constitutes a major contribution to the growing literary study of autobiography. Using a range of authors, including Homer, Edward Gibbon, Benjamin Franklin, Somerset Maugham, Franz Kafka, and Eug ne Delacroix, Roger J. Porter offers a broad-based examination of the autobiography and the varied techniques used by its practitioners over time. In a style that is both graceful and erudite, Porter focuses on the diverse motivations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287674
• ISBN13: 9780803287679
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"