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Cort Conley

Teoksen Modern American Memoirs tekijä

10 teosta 312 jäsentä 5 arvostelua

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Modern American Memoirs (1995) — Toimittaja — 189 kappaletta
Idaho for the Curious: A Guide (1982) 45 kappaletta
River of No Return (1977) 28 kappaletta
The Middle Fork: A Guide (1992) 10 kappaletta
idaho for the curious 2 kappaletta
Gathered Waters 1 kappale

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An excellent sampling of earlier memoirs. Admittedly a bit dated only because the folks that were focused on were all from the 20th century, a time now fading away, along with the Baby Boom generation and our collective experiences. For me it was an important find as it introduced me to a number of memoirists that I had not come across previously. These authors and their works are a part of the basis for the modern memoir form, and are a bit more formal but often still experimental in their time. I hope that makes sense to whoever is reading this.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Cantsaywhy | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 15, 2023 |
Each chapter of this book is from a different memoir by American writers, curated by Annie Dillard and Curt Conley. I read to help me choose a couple of memoirs to put on my reading list and because I was so pleased to have the recommendations of Annie Dillard, an outstanding memoir writer herself. Almost every chapter was vividly written and drew me into the writer's experience despite the fact that each was only a short portion of a longer work. I'm putting Zora Neale Hurston and Margaret Mead onto my reading list, as I found their chapters particularly compelling.… (lisätietoja)
 
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LauraBee00 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 7, 2018 |
Part river-runners handbook of rapids, part historian's notebook, this is the story of the Salmon River as it crosses Idaho on its way to the Pacific. It is full of tales of early explorers, boatmen and settlers, including from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The sepia toned photos of cabins, river, and families is just the right touch.
 
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Lace-Structures | 1 muu arvostelu | Sep 19, 2015 |
Good selection of readings, and useful for discussion of the memoir and autobiographical forms. There's not much else I can say about it, as the readings are quite diverse and varied.
 
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TiffanyAK | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 1, 2015 |

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Teokset
10
Jäseniä
312
Suosituimmuussija
#75,595
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.5
Kirja-arvosteluja
5
ISBN:t
10

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