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Biographies and Autobiographies in Modern Italy: a Festschrift for John Woodhouse

Martin McLaughlin author Martin McLaughlin editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Maney Publishing

Published:23rd Feb '07

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This book presents a collection of twelve essays on the interplay between individual lives and life-writing and the wider social and political history of Italy. It focuses on well-known writers and their varying anxieties about autobiographical writing.

...succinct [and]clear...provides a facinating glimpse into the life histories, and the shaping of the life histories, by an eclectic group of Italians. Its chapters provide useful information on the less-known and engrossing new insights into familiar canonical figures -- Biography 32.3 (Summer 2009) Biography 32.3 (Summer 2009)

ISBN: 9781905981076

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 657g

232 pages