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Louisiana State U. professor's book is noticed nationwide
From: University Wire
Date: 19990208
Author:Christina Stephens
Christina Stephens
University Wire
02-08-1999
(The Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- A University professor has won national recognition for a book exploring autobiographies through the works of St. Augustine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Samuel Beckett.
English professor James Olney, author of "Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing" spent the last 25 years researching the art of the autobiography.
The book focuses on the contributions of three major writers to the history of life-writing throughout the ages.
"They seemed to me to be great representatives of life-writing in ...
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