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Author:

Prodromou, Amy-Katerini, author.

Title:

Navigating loss in women's contemporary memoir / Amy-Katerini Prodromou, University of Cyprus.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 166 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Biography as a literary form.
Autobiography--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Grief in literature.
Self-presentation in literature.
Autobiography--Women authors.
Biography as a literary form.
Grief in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Self-presentation in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.

Contents:

Life writing and the literature of grief -- Trout tickling for truth in narratives of loss -- "Writing the self into being": narrative identifiy in memoirs of loss -- "No bone broken": embodied experiences of loss -- Conclusion: "weeping constellations".

ISBN:

1137482915
9781137482914

OCLC:

(OCoLC)913720340

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (University of Iowa) (Iowa City)