Browsing by Subject "memoir"

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    • Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction 
      Poff, Terri Lynn (2009-05-15)
      This creative thesis includes a critical introduction that discusses a brief history and definition of the creative nonfiction genre, the ethical dilemmas faced by the writer when telling a true story, and contextualizes ...
    • Paying Attention: Effective Strategies for Engaging Readership of Bosnian Life Writing 
      Imiola, Madison Elspeth
      What are the techniques with which an author of life writing covering the topics of war, genocide, or political distress can combat the compassion fatigue, desensitization, and general indifference their readership may ...
    • The Rhetoric Of Writing: A Rhetorical Analysis of Modern Writing Memoirs 
      Illich, Lindsay P. (2010-01-14)
      This dissertation analyzes concepts of the writing self in works about writing by professional creative writers (writers, poets, and essayists). Through a rhetorical analysis of these texts, I observe that writers view the ...
    • Seriality in Contemporary American Memoir: 1957-2007 
      McDaniel-Carder, Nicole Eve (2010-10-12)
      In this dissertation, I examine the practice of what I term serial memoir in the second-half of the twentieth century in American literature, arguing that serial memoir represents an emerging and significant trend in ...