Sex, Lies, and Autobiography: The Ethics of Confession

by James O'Rourke

In Sex, Lies, and Autobiography James O'Rourke explores the relationships between literary form and ethics, revealing how autobiographical texts are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of everyday life. Tracing the ethical legacy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions in a series of English-language texts, the author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior in everyday life shadows the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813925126
• ISBN13: 9780813925127
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"