Literary Selves by James N Stull

Literary Selves by James N Stull

Departing from previous discussions of literary nonfiction in terms of its being literature or journalism, this new study treats literary nonfiction as autobiography, examining a large body of work in terms of autobiographical theory. The collected works of six very different prominent literary journalists--John McPhee, Joe McGinniss, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, and Norman Mailer--are analyzed from literary, autobiographical, and cultural perspectives. Author James Stull explains how the complex, fully-rounded psychological and social self is crystalized in these works into a more encompassing statement of self-identification, which he calls a metaphor of self, a distinctive way an author presents a self and its world. Numerous other writers and critics are brought into the discussion, and the author provides an extensive reference bibliography.

JAMES N. STULL is Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of English at Iowa State University. His academic specialties include contemporary nonfiction, American literature, and advertising and other aspects of popular culture, and his publications in these areas have appeared in the Connecticut Review, the North Dakota Quarterly, the Canadian Review of American Studies, and the Journal of Popular Culture.

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ISBN 13	9780313288258
ISBN 10	0313288259
Title	Literary Selves
Author	James N Stull
Series	Contributions To The Study Of World Literature Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	1993-08-30
Number of pages	176
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