{"product_id":"memoir-an-introduction-9780199826902","title":"Memoir: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): G. Thomas Couser\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Composition \u0026amp; Creative Writing - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach year brings a batch of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in their own right, memoirs have become a popular object of inquiry in the academy and a mainstay in most MFA workshops. Courses in what is now called \"life writing\" study memoir alongside personal essays, diaries, and autobiographies. \u003cem\u003eMemoir: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e proffers a succinct and comprehensive survey of the genre (and its \u003cem\u003emany \u003c\/em\u003esubgenres) while taking readers through the various techniques, themes, and debates that have come to characterize the ubiquitous literary form. Its fictional origins are traced to eighteenth-century British novels; its early American roots are examined in Benjamin Franklin's \u003cem\u003eAutobiography \u003c\/em\u003eand colonial captivity narratives; and its ethical conundrums are considered via the imbroglios brought on by the questionable claims in Rigoberta Mench�'s \u003cem\u003eI, Rigoberta\u003c\/em\u003e, and more\u003cbr\u003enotoriously, James Frey's \u003cem\u003eA Million Little Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e. Alongside these more traditional literary forms, Couser expands the discussion of memoir to include film with what he calls \"documemoir\" (exemplified in Nathaniel Kahn's \u003cem\u003eMy Architect\u003c\/em\u003e) and graphic narratives like Art Spiegelman's \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891240321175,"sku":"9780199826902","price":11997.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199826902.webp?v=1781182805","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/memoir-an-introduction-9780199826902","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}