The conscience of the autobiographer : ethical and religious dimensions of autobiography
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The conscience of the autobiographer : ethical and religious dimensions of autobiography
（Studies in literature and religion）
Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1992
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Description
This book argues that the writing of autobiography raises crucial issues of conscience as an author tries to know, assess, and represent character. Individual chapters explore such issues as the nature of truthfulness, characterization, the virtues, shame, and the religious dimensions of conscience.
Table of Contents
General Editor's Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conscience and Truthfulness - Character and Characterization - Conscience in the Essays of Montaigne and Johnson - Franklin and the Critics of Individualism - Ressentiment, Public Virtues, and Malcolm X - Shame in the Autobiographies of Mary McCarthy - Conclusion - Notes - Index
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