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- 9780801488337
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- Book Title
- Ethics of Life Writing
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- Cornell University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy
- Topic
- Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Semiotics & Theory
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- 16 Oz
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- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 282 Pages
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Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801488338
ISBN-13
9780801488337
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6058791
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Book Title
Ethics of Life Writing
Number of Pages
282 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Semiotics & Theory
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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2003-023062
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2
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"The Ethics of Life Writing is a rare collection of essays that finds new ground for the study of ethics. Some of the deepest matters of human self-understanding--issues of justice and the human good--lie at the heart of autobiography, which, in turn, is one of the most complex modes of human expression. To capture a life in writing has become a dominant literary form in the West, if not in the emerging global culture as a whole, and among the reading public there is a seemingly insatiable demand for intimacy, revelation, and disclosure. Life writing is a dynamic, protean form that involves the exercise of power and has the potential both to humanize and to corrupt. From the violations of others' privacy in narratives of self-discovery to the use of counter-ideals and counter-stories as a strategy of empowerment for those who live with illness or impairment, these essays explore the best of traditional and recent works. Taken together, they leave the reader much better equipped critically to evaluate this important genre."--Bruce Jennings, Senior Research Scholar, The Hastings Center, "I recommend this excellent collection of arguments, meditations, moral confessions, and calls to action to anybody engaged in exploring the sticky complexities of life writing. It will be particularly useful in fostering productive discussion in an undergraduate seminar."-Micah Perks, author of the memoir Pagan Time, "I recommend this excellent collection of arguments, meditations, moral confessions, and calls to action to anybody engaged in exploring the sticky complexities of life writing. It will be particularly useful in fostering productive discussion in an undergraduate seminar."--Micah Perks, author of the memoir Pagan Time, "Although Paul John Eakin is celebrated in the world of autobiography, the strength of this book comes from his having blended chapters by four major scholars of life writing with others by professors of religion, applied ethics, social anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, and philosophy. Eakin keeps the collection together both by allowing the authors to write from their individual perspectives and by bringing his expertise in life writing to bear on the collection as a whole."--Timothy Dow Adams, author of Telling Lies in Modern American Autobiography, "What is the nature of the author's obligation to her subject and to her audience? The Ethics of Life Writing, skillfully edited by Paul John Eakin, addresses this fundamental question. The book is the result of eleven prominent 'life writers' writing, presenting, arguing, and re-writing their ideas on the ethics of writing from real life. . . . Each essay in this collection motivated me to find a pen and underline the wisdom. Every writer who has ever asked, Do I feel right about this' will benefit from the reading of this book."--The Baltimore Review, What is the nature of the author's obligation to her subject and to her audience? The Ethics of Life Writing , skillfully edited by Paul John Eakin, addresses this fundamental question. The book is the result of eleven prominent 'life writers' writing, presenting, arguing, and re-writing their ideas on the ethics of writing from real life.... Each essay in this collection motivated me to find a pen and underline the wisdom. Every writer who has ever asked, Do I feel right about this' will benefit from the reading of this book., "What is the nature of the author's obligation to her subject and to her audience? The Ethics of Life Writing, skillfully edited by Paul John Eakin, addresses this fundamental question. The book is the result of eleven prominent 'life writers' writing, presenting, arguing, and re-writing their ideas on the ethics of writing from real life. . . . Each essay in this collection motivated me to find a pen and underline the wisdom. Every writer who has ever asked, Do I feel right about this' will benefit from the reading of this book."-The Baltimore Review, "Although Paul John Eakin is celebrated in the world of autobiography, the strength of this book comes from his having blended chapters by four major scholars of life writing with others by professors of religion, applied ethics, social anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, and philosophy. Eakin keeps the collection together both by allowing the authors to write from their individual perspectives and by bringing his expertise in life writing to bear on the collection as a whole."-Timothy Dow Adams, author of Telling Lies in Modern American Autobiography, "The Ethics of Life Writing brilliantly demonstrates how the ethical turn in the humanities is reshaping the study of life writing. The range of topics covered in this book-truth, moral inquiry, representing others, counterstories-provides ample proof of Paul John Eakin's opening assertion that 'ethics [is] the deep subject of autobiographical discourse.'"-James Phelan, editor of the journal Narrative and author of Narrative as Rhetoric, "The Ethics of Life Writing brilliantly demonstrates how the ethical turn in the humanities is reshaping the study of life writing. The range of topics covered in this book--truth, moral inquiry, representing others, counterstories--provides ample proof of Paul John Eakin's opening assertion that 'ethics [is] the deep subject of autobiographical discourse.'"--James Phelan, editor of the journal Narrative and author of Narrative as Rhetoric, "The Ethics of Life Writing is a rare collection of essays that finds new ground for the study of ethics. Some of the deepest matters of human self-understanding-issues of justice and the human good-lie at the heart of autobiography, which, in turn, is one of the most complex modes of human expression. To capture a life in writing has become a dominant literary form in the West, if not in the emerging global culture as a whole, and among the reading public there is a seemingly insatiable demand for intimacy, revelation, and disclosure. Life writing is a dynamic, protean form that involves the exercise of power and has the potential both to humanize and to corrupt. From the violations of others' privacy in narratives of self-discovery to the use of counter-ideals and counter-stories as a strategy of empowerment for those who live with illness or impairment, these essays explore the best of traditional and recent works. Taken together, they leave the reader much better equipped critically to evaluate this important genre."-Bruce Jennings, Senior Research Scholar, The Hastings Center
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Dewey Decimal
174/.992
Table Of Content
Introduction: Mapping the Ethics of Life Writing by Paul John Eakin Part I. Telling the Truth in Autobiography, Biography, and History 1. Arguing with Life Stories: The Case of Rigoberta Menchú by Paul Lauritzen 2. Misremembering Ted Hughes by Diane Middlebrook Part II. Life Writing as Moral Inquiry 3. Life Writing as Narrative of the Good: Father and Son and the Ethics of Authenticity by David Parker 4. Judging and Not Judging Parents by John D. Barbour Part III. Representing Others: Trust and Betrayal 5. Friendship, Fiction, and Memoir: Trust and Betrayal in Writing from One's Own Life by Claudia Mills 6. Decent and Indecent: Writing My Father's Life by Richard Freadman 7. The Ethics of Betrayal: Diary of a Memoirist by Nancy K. Miller Part IV. Acts of Resistance: Telling Counterstories 8. Mapping Lives: "Truth," Life Writing, and DNA by Alice Wexler 9. Moral Non-fiction: Life Writing and Children's Disability by Arthur W. Frank 10. When Life Writing Becomes Death Writing: Disability and the Ethics of Parental Euthanography by G. Thomas Couser 11. Tales of Consent and Descent: Life Writing as a Fight against an Imposed Self-Image by Marianne Gullestad Afterword by Craig Howes Contributors Index, Introduction: Mapping the Ethics of Life Writing by Paul John Eakin Part I. Telling the Truth in Autobiography, Biography, and History 1. Arguing with Life Stories: The Case of Rigoberta Menchú by Paul Lauritzen 2. Misremembering Ted Hughes by Diane Middlebrook Part II. Life Writing as Moral Inquiry 3. Life Writing as Narrative of the Good: Father and Son and the Ethics of Authenticity by David Parker 4. Judging and Not Judging Parents by John D. Barbour Part III. Representing Others: Trust and Betrayal 5. Friendship, Fiction, and Memoir: Trust and Betrayal in Writing from One's Own Life by Claudia Mills 6. Decent and Indecent: Writing My Father?s Life by Richard Freadman 7. The Ethics of Betrayal: Diary of a Memoirist by Nancy K. Miller Part IV. Acts of Resistance: Telling Counterstories 8. Mapping Lives: "Truth," Life Writing, and DNA by Alice Wexler 9. Moral Non-fiction: Life Writing and Children?s Disability by Arthur W. Frank 10. When Life Writing Becomes Death Writing: Disability and the Ethics of Parental Euthanography by G. Thomas Couser 11. Tales of Consent and Descent: Life Writing as a Fight against an Imposed Self-Image by Marianne Gullestad Afterword by Craig Howes Contributors Index
Synopsis
A pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us that we live in an age of memoir, life histories are commanding attention in many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology, as well as literary studies. Our lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays in The Ethics of Life Writing explore such questions. They focus chiefly on autobiography and biography, but their findings apply to all "life writing"--the entire class of literature in which people tell life stories. Their forms include case studies, diaries, ethnographies, interviews, and profiles. The essays are enhanced by an introduction that provides an overview of the volume, including a section on life writing vis- -vis privacy and the law, and an afterword that looks at the essays in relation to one another., Our lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays here explore such questions., A pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us that we live in an age of memoir, life histories are commanding attention in many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology, as well as literary studies. Our lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays in this collection explore such questions. They focus chiefly on autobiography and biography, but their findings apply to all "life writing"--the entire class of literature in which people tell life stories. Their forms include case studies, diaries, ethnographies, interviews, and profiles. The essays are enhanced by an introduction that provides an overview of the volume, including a section on life writing vis-à-vis privacy and the law, and an afterword that looks at the essays in relation to one another., A pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us that we live in an age of memoir, life histories are commanding attention in many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology, as well as literary studies. Our lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays in this collection explore such questions. They focus chiefly on autobiography and biography, but their findings apply to all "life writing"?the entire class of literature in which people tell life stories. Their forms include case studies, diaries, ethnographies, interviews, and profiles. The essays are enhanced by an introduction that provides an overview of the volume, including a section on life writing vis-à-vis privacy and the law, and an afterword that looks at the essays in relation to one another., A pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us that we live in an age of memoir, life histories are commanding attention in many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology, as well as literary studies. Our lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays in The Ethics of Life Writing explore such questions. They focus chiefly on autobiography and biography, but their findings apply to all "life writing"--the entire class of literature in which people tell life stories. Their forms include case studies, diaries, ethnographies, interviews, and profiles. The essays are enhanced by an introduction that provides an overview of the volume, including a section on life writing vis-à-vis privacy and the law, and an afterword that looks at the essays in relation to one another.
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