The new midlife self-writing / Emily O. Wittman.

"In The New Midlife Self-Writing, Wittman treats recent self-writing by Rachel Cusk, Roxane Gay, Sarah Manguso, and Maggie Nelson, carefully situating these vital midlife works within the history of self-writing. She argues that they renew and redirect the autobiographical trajectories characteristi...

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Uniform Title:Routledge focus on literature.
Main Author: Wittman, Emily Ondine, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Series:Routledge focus on literature.
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Physical Description:71 pages ; 23 cm.
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