{"product_id":"the-phenomenology-of-autobiography-arnaud-schmitt-9780367667849","title":"The Phenomenology of Autobiography: Making it Real","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking a fresh look at the state of autobiography as a genre, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenology of Autobiography: Making it Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e takes a deep dive into the experience of the reader. Dr. Schmitt argues that current trends in the field of life writing have taken the focus away from the text and the initial purpose of autobiography as a means for the author to communicate with a reader and narrate an experience. The study puts autobiography back into a communicational context, and putting forth the notion that one of the reasons why life writing can so often be aesthetically unsatisfactory, or difficult to distinguish from novels, is because it should not be considered as a literary genre, but as a \u003ci\u003emodality\u003c\/i\u003e with radically different rules and means of evaluation. In other words, not only is autobiography \u003ci\u003eradically \u003c\/i\u003edifferent from fiction due to its referentiality, but, first and foremost, it should be read differently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnaud Schmitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367667843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367667849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Arnaud Schmitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126890033407,"sku":"9780367667849","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01132a62-3c00-447b-8437-d01a763543f9.jpg?v=1687450716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-phenomenology-of-autobiography-arnaud-schmitt-9780367667849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}