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Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments: Icelandic Literacy Practices (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350413160)
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xUsing the Icelandic context, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon examines egodocuments as distinct and fascinating manifestations of microhistory, reflecting on their nature, the circumstances in which they originated, and their strengths and weaknesses for scholarly research.
Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments successfully makes the case for egodocuments being an intriguing part of the material culture of their time, with ample consideration given to the role of the book within individual households and the impact a source such as autobiography has had on people's daily lives. Magnússon also provides an insightful historiographical account of how the egodocument has been used in historical works both in Iceland and elsewhere in the world since the 19th century.Author: Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon
ISBN-10: 135041316X
ISBN-13: 9781350413160
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2025
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
By Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon
xSigurður Gylfi Magnússon is Professor of Cultural History and Chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research at University of Iceland, Iceland. He has written 28 published books, including Archive, Slow Ideology and Egodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography: Potential History (2021) and Emotional Experience and Microhistory (2020). He is also co-editor, with István M. Szijártó, of the Microhistories book series.
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