Le Geste autobiographique

Ecrire sa vie (XVIIe-XVIIIe siecles)

edited by Marilina Gianico and Christine Hammann-Decoppet

Book cover: Le Geste autobiographique

Extent: 331 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Philosophy

Series: Rencontres

Series volume number: 523, 38

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9782406120582

Price: $39.00

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Hardback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9782406120599

Price: $86.00

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Rousseau’s Confessions are often considered the inaugural autobiographical text, as distinct from memoirs and other forms of self-writing. This book challenges this division, considering the autobiographical gesture in various forms while reexamining the Rousseauist undertaking.

  • Edited by Marilina Gianico
  • Edited by Christine Hammann-Decoppet