The Autobiographical Triangle: Witness, Confession, Challenge Contributor(s): Ward, Jean (Revised by), Nycz, Ryszard (Other), Ward, Jean (Translator) |
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ISBN: 3631674279 ISBN-13: 9783631674277 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $75.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General |
Series: Cross-Roads |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.25 lbs) 350 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Critical revised edition and translation by Jean Ward This book presents a universal theory of autobiography, defined as a triangular form of utterance involving three different stances. It is a personal testimony to experiences lived through, a confession of intimate inner experience and a challenge addressed to the reader to engage in dialogue, enter into an argument or join in a game. The stances of witness, confession and challenge are always present, though usually one of them overshadows the other two. Polish memoirs, diaries and letters, as well as novels of a clearly personal character, are interpreted here in the context of the most important autobiographical texts of European literature. In the background, also, the historical events which have powerfully stamped Polish culture in the last two centuries are discreetly shown. |