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Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series
Contributor(s): Nakamura, Joyce (Editor)
ISBN: 0787601152     ISBN-13: 9780787601157
Publisher: Gale Cengage
OUR PRICE:   $431.30  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 1996
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Reference
- Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes
Dewey: B
Series: Contemporary Authors Autobiography
Physical Information: 1.26" H x 8.72" W x 11.3" (3.39 lbs) 350 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights.

A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include:

  • Diane Ackerman
  • George Bowering
  • Dennis Brutus
  • Rita Dove
  • Howard Fast
  • Michael Gilbert
  • Larry Heinemann
  • Garrett Hongo
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Gerald Vizenor
  • Anne Waldman
  • Elie Wiesel
  • Tobias Wolff
  • And many more

(Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series.