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Before proceeding with works written before 1750, however, I think it would be helpful to discuss some considerations and problems involved in the study of eighteenth century autobiography in general. The eighteenth century was the era in which autobiography as a genre came into its own.
Jun 27, 2024 · Summary. Of the three pre-eminent Restoration and eighteenth-century British empiricist philosophers, English, Anglo-Irish, and Scottish respectively – John Locke (1632–1704), George Berkeley (1685–1753), and David Hume (1711–1776) – only Hume composed an autobiography, the exceedingly brief and ironically self-effacing ...
- John Richetti
- 2016
Early American autobiography develops at the intersection of geographic, cultural, political, and religious change that values individual accomplishment yet prefers it to be expressed with modesty.
HISTORY OF ENGLISH AUTOBIOGRAPHY. edieval period to the digital era. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes wide-ranging essays that illuminate th.
Students of eighteenth-century biography and autobiography say very little about it. It is surprising how seldom we encounter this quality in early autobiography: the autobiographer may discuss his studies, ideas, and even theoretical conceptions, but seldom says anything about his mental processes or how he arrived at them.2 The most ...
Banes eighteenth century American autobiography 229 tance and link individual history with a social-historical context: apolo getic openings, parable form, and the purposes of Divine Providence.
Jun 27, 2024 · In the eighteenth century, autobiographies of both men and women appeared in greater numbers than in the seventeenth century, and the voices of women who would not have written or been published earlier were heard. Some women preachers spoke in print.
