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But Enough About Me
Nancy K. Miller
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Description for But Enough About Me
Paperback. Nancy Miller explores the unexpected ways that the stories of other people's lives give meaning to our own. She also mounts a defence of the memoir against accusations of terminal narcissism by showing how the forms of life writing are as much about others as they are about their authors. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
In her latest work of personal criticism, Nancy K. Miller tells the story of how a girl who grew up in the 1950s and got lost in the 1960s became a feminist critic in the 1970s. As in her previous books, Miller interweaves pieces of her autobiography with the memoirs of contemporaries in order to explore the unexpected ways that the stories of other people's lives give meaning to our own. The evolution she chronicles was lived by a generation of literary girls who came of age in the midst of profound social change and, buoyed by the energy of ... Read more
In her latest work of personal criticism, Nancy K. Miller tells the story of how a girl who grew up in the 1950s and got lost in the 1960s became a feminist critic in the 1970s. As in her previous books, Miller interweaves pieces of her autobiography with the memoirs of contemporaries in order to explore the unexpected ways that the stories of other people's lives give meaning to our own. The evolution she chronicles was lived by a generation of literary girls who came of age in the midst of profound social change and, buoyed by the energy of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Culture Series
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125239
SKU
V9780231125239
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About Nancy K. Miller
Nancy K. Miller is distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of Bequest and Betrayal, Getting Personal, and other books.
Reviews for But Enough About Me
Miller's book seems more than its sum, larger than its slim weight in the hand... fascinating... poignant... looms large.
Cora Kaplan Women's Review of Books A witty defense of the genre. Publishers Weekly Nancy K. Miller's new book is an elegant and witty meditation of self-knowledge, particularly for women. It should be read by all of us who are ... Read more
Cora Kaplan Women's Review of Books A witty defense of the genre. Publishers Weekly Nancy K. Miller's new book is an elegant and witty meditation of self-knowledge, particularly for women. It should be read by all of us who are ... Read more