The Autobiographical Subject: Gender and Ideology in Eighteenth-Century England

Co-recipient of the Louis Gottschalk Prize from the American Association for Eighteenth Century Studies

An exemplary model of political criticism. -Eighteenth-Century Fiction

The Autobiographical Subject is rich and richly rewarding for scholars of the eighteenth century. It deserves to be read by everyone who thinks about autobiographical practice. -Sidonie Smith, a/b: Auto/Biography Studies

Acutely analyzes the construction of gendered character in canonical British autobiographical texts and provides provocative explorations outside the canon, particularly among first-person narratives by women. -Diacritics

The Autobiographical Subject, with its combination of provocative theory and sound scholarship, deserves a wide readership. Felicity Nussbaum's insights demand the attention of eighteenth-century scholars, feminist critics, and cultural historians, while the central questions raised by the book--how to define the 'self'? why write, why revise, and especially, why publish an autobiography?--are of interest to everyone. -Review of English Studies

Author: Felicity A. Nussbaum
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 10/01/1995
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780801852374

About the Author

Felicity A. Nussbaum is professor of English and Women's Studies at Syracuse University.

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