{"product_id":"interpreting-the-self-two-hundred-years-of-american-autobiography-9780226054483","title":"Interpreting the Self: Two Hundred Years of American Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Diane Bjorklund\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this ambitious study, Diane Bjorklund explores the historical nature of self-narrative. Examining over 100 American autobiographers published in the last two centuries, she discusses not only well-known autobiographies such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a traveling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Bjorklund draws on the colorful stories of these autobiographers to show how their historical epoch shapes their understandings of self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A refreshingly welcome approach to this intriguing topic. . . . [Bjorklund's] extensive and systematic approach to her source material is impressive and enriches our understanding of this essential subject.\"-\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bjorklund studies both famous and obscure writers, and her clear prose style and copious quotations provide insight into the many aspects of the changing American self.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614498472087,"sku":"9780226054483","price":3734.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226054483.webp?v=1775094171","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/interpreting-the-self-two-hundred-years-of-american-autobiography-9780226054483","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}