Introduction: The Uses of Autobiography

Jon Helt Haarder; Anne Marie Mai; Anita Wohlmann

doi:10.1080/08989575.2024.2394332

Introduction: The Uses of Autobiography

Jon Helt Haarder^*, Anne Marie Mai, Anita Wohlmann

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Institut for Kultur- og Sprogvidenskaber

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Abstract

This introduction lays out the basic claim of the special issue, namely that postcritical ideas of the uses of literature can fruitfully be applied to understanding (auto)biographical writing in new ways. It does so by relating this claim to the longstanding controversy concerning the role of the author in literary studies. The introduction also summarizes the articles in the special issue

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Vol/bind	39
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	491-498
ISSN	0898-9575
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2024.2394332
Status	Udgivet - 1. okt. 2024

Emneord

Biography
Autobiography
Authorship
Post-critique
Uses of Literature
Performative biographism

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