This book traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal pa

In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of t

Annotation This text evolved out of a December 1995 conference at the International Research Center for Cultural Studies (IFK) in Vienna, attended by scholars f

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This book explores new questions and approaches to the rise of autobiographical writing since the early modern period. What motivated more and more men and wome