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From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir.
From Saint Augustine's Confessions to Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. Cultural and literary critic Ben Yagoda traces the memoir from its birth in early Christian writings and Roman generals' journals all the way up to the banner year of 2007, which saw memoirs from and about dogs, rock stars, bad dads, good dads, alternadads, waitresses, George Foreman, Iranian women, and a slew of other illustrious persons (and animals). In a time when memoir seems ubiquitous and is still highly controversial, Yagoda tackles the autobiography and memoir in all its forms and iterations. He discusses the fraudulent memoir and provides many examples from the past梐nd addresses the ramifications and consequences of these books. Spanning decades and nations, styles and subjects, he analyzes the hallmark memoirs of the Western tradition桼ousseau, Ben Franklin, Henry Adams, Gertrude Stein, Edward Gibbon, among others. Yagoda also describes historical trends, such as Native American captive memoirs, slave narratives, courtier dramas (where one had to pay to NOT be included in a courtesan's memoir). Throughout, the idea of memory and truth, how we remember and how well we remember lives, is intimately explored.
Yagoda's elegant examination of memoir is at once a history of literature and taste, and an absorbing glimpse into what humans find interesting梠ne another.
作者简介
Ben Yagoda is a journalism professor in the English department at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Will Rogers: A Biography; When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It; The Sound on the Page; The Art of Fact; and About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made. His articles have appeared in Slate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times Book Review, Stop Smiling, and other publications. Yagoda lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two daughters.
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中国家长喜欢给孩子买名人传记，我们闲暇时也喜欢读各类回忆录。我们读富兰克林、居里夫人、马克·吐温等名人自传，希望从中了解到这些伟大的文学家、科学家等人成名背后的故事，或者是从他们的成功经验中获得启迪。不过你可能没有料到，回忆录不一定都是真实的内容，也有可能...
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评分读罢本书，给我的感觉主要是有趣，从古罗马时代开始到现当代，作者把其认为重要的回忆录大致介绍了一遍，有点猎奇的意思，个人觉得把书名叫做《一份关于自传、回忆录的书单》说不定更合适。 说到“伪装”，我想大部分这类书的读者可能并不在意作者有没有说谎，笔者的个人故事情...
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