VIII. PERSONAL STATEMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. I. THE UNPRECEDENTED SELF 1
5. II. TOWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY 20
6. III. ELEMENTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY 38
7. IV. AFTER THE PRELUDE: Spiritual Autobiography from Wordsworth to Muir 54
8. V. INVENTED SELVES 96
9. VI. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION 114
10. VII. POETRY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF 131
11. VIII. PERSONAL STATEMENTS 156
12. NOTES 167
13. INDEX 185