{"product_id":"the-norton-book-of-american-autobiography-hardcover","title":"The Norton Book of American Autobiography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Parini\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGore Vidal\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Mary Rowlandson's story of her capture by Indians in the mid-seventeenth century to Mary Paik Lee's story of being a pioneer Korean woman in America at the beginning of the twentieth century, the autobiographical form has provided our most vivid, intimate glimpses of daily American life and self-understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking anthology, respected writer and critic Jay Parini brings together an abundant selection from over three centuries of \"the democratic voice . . . discovering itself.\" Here are the voices of the Founding Fathers and African American slaves; of transcendentalists and suffragists; of ancestors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, James Baldwin, and many others; and of a wide range of contemporaries, including Maxine Hong Kingston, Gore Vidal, Julia Alvarez, and Mark Doty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The rich, continuous influence of autobiographical writing in our culture is clear, and as memoirs continue to fascinate readers, this invaluable anthology provides an essential guide to our foremost American literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 9.29 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152172945543,"sku":"9780393046779","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eee820138c4e42f88f0d6b4f46e93948.webp?v=1733212193","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-norton-book-of-american-autobiography-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}