Politics and Autobiography: Political Memoir as Polygenre

The paper reviews the historical development of political memoir as a distinct if polymorphous genre of popular autobiographical, political, and historical literature. The focus is on its form and functions in the period since the 18th century, at which time political memoir differentiated from hist...

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Published in:Biography (Honolulu) 1992-07, Vol.15 (3), p.221-242
Main Author: Egerton, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Biography
British literature
French literature
Literary criticism
Literary history
Memoirs
Politicians
Publishing industry
Readership
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Summary:The paper reviews the historical development of political memoir as a distinct if polymorphous genre of popular autobiographical, political, and historical literature. The focus is on its form and functions in the period since the 18th century, at which time political memoir differentiated from historiography proper.
ISSN:0162-4962
1529-1456
1529-1456
DOI:10.1353/bio.2010.0368