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Offers a philosophical perspective on the nature and value of writing a memoir.

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"Artful Truths is wonderful, beautifully written, consistently amusing, and very useful. De Bres unpacks all the philosophical and ethical questions imaginable surrounding the genre of memoir and charges fearlessly into accusations against the form, examining and dissecting each doubt before celebrating the genre with panache. How she is able to discuss the viewpoints of Kant or Nietzsche in such conversational language is a wonder, and the examples she invents to bring these sometimes abstruse matters to life are wryly amusing."--Phillip Lopate, author of The Art of The Personal Essay

Table of Contents
One What Is Memoir? Two Is All Memoir Really Fiction? Three Should Memoirists Aim to Tell the Truth? Four What Do Memoirists Owe the People They Write About? Five Why Write a Memoir? Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

Artful Truths The Philosophy of Memoir

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/09/2021
      ISBN13: 9780226793801, 978-0226793801
      ISBN10: 022679380X
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a philosophical perspective on the nature and value of writing a memoir.

      Trade Review
      "Artful Truths is wonderful, beautifully written, consistently amusing, and very useful. De Bres unpacks all the philosophical and ethical questions imaginable surrounding the genre of memoir and charges fearlessly into accusations against the form, examining and dissecting each doubt before celebrating the genre with panache. How she is able to discuss the viewpoints of Kant or Nietzsche in such conversational language is a wonder, and the examples she invents to bring these sometimes abstruse matters to life are wryly amusing."--Phillip Lopate, author of The Art of The Personal Essay

      Table of Contents
      One What Is Memoir? Two Is All Memoir Really Fiction? Three Should Memoirists Aim to Tell the Truth? Four What Do Memoirists Owe the People They Write About? Five Why Write a Memoir? Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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