Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. The Referential Aesthetic of Autobiography 29
6. CHAPTER TWO. Henry James’s “Obscure Hurt”: Can Autobiography Serve Biography? 54
7. CHAPTER THREE. Self and Culture in Autobiography: Models of Identity and the Limits of Language 71
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Living in History 138
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Autobiography and the Structures of Experience 181
10. Works Cited 231
11. Index 243