Soi-disant: Life Writing in French

The nine essays are not concerned with autobiography as a genre, but with autobiographical writing, some of which demonstrates little resemblance to the prescriptive definition of autobiography at loose in literary studies. The topics include autobiographical secrets in the work of Queneau and Perec, Genet's queer subjectivities, the life and writing of Jeanne Hyvrard, and Catherine Pozzi as reader of Marie Bashkirtseff's journal. There is no index. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR