Memoir: A History by Yagoda, Ben

Memoir: A History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594484827)

Vendor: Ben Yagoda
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$24.00
$24.00
$24.00
Subtotal: $24.00
Memoir: A History by Yagoda, Ben

Memoir: A History

$24.00
Memoir: A History by Yagoda, Ben

Memoir: A History

$24.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
From Augustine's Confessions to Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. "As Yagoda says: 'Memoir has become the central form of the culture: not only the way stories are told, but the way arguments are put forth, products and properties marketed, ideas floated, acts justified, reputations constructed or salvaged. How did we come to this pass? The only way to answer that question is to go back a couple of thousand years and tell the story from the beginning, '" which is just what Yagoda does in this "excellent" history (The Washington Post).

Author: Ben Yagoda
ISBN-10: 1594484821
ISBN-13: 9781594484827
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2010
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.53w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/31/2010 pg. 24
By Ben Yagoda
By Ben Yagoda
x
Ben Yagoda is a journalism professor at the University of Delaware. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of ten books, including Memoir: A History, Will Rogers: A Biography, and When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, and has written for Slate, The New York Times Magazine, and publications that start with every letter of the alphabet except J, K, Q, X, and Z. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife.

Recently Viewed Products