The American autobiography: A collection of critical essays (Twentieth century views)

Nine essays, all produced within the last six years, include Robert F. Sayre on autobiographies in American studies programs, Anais Nin on the diary, Alfred Kazin and Patricia Meyer Spacks on the self, Darrell Mansell on "fact," Janet Varner Gunn on the temporal mode in Walden, Thomas B. Doherty on ideology, Alvin H. Rosenfeld on ethnic self-consciousness, and Rosenfeld's essay, "Inventing the Jew: Notes on Jewish Autobiography." Introduction : American Autobiographies As Individual Stories And Cultural Narratives / Albert E. Stone -- The Proper Study : Autobiographies In American Studies / Robert E. Sayre -- The Self As History : Reflections In Autobiography / Alfred Kazin -- Stages Of Self : Notes On Autobiography And The Life Cycle / Patricia Meyer Spacks -- Unsettling The Colonel's Hash : Fact In Autobiography / Darrell Mansell -- Walden And The Temporal Mode Of Autobiographical Narrative / Janet Varner Gunn -- American Autobiography And Ideology / Thomas P. Doherty -- To Be Black And Blue : The Blues Genre In Black American Autobiography / Elizabeth Schultz -- Inventing The Jew : Notes On Jewish Autobiography / Alvin H. Rosenfeld -- The Personal Life Deeply Lived / Anais Nin. Edited By Albert E. Stone. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 166-175.