Plotting the lives of others: Narrative structure in some recent British autobiography

Qualitative Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-346

  King, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Emplotment; Hindsight; Interpretation; Memoir; Narrative theory; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949087909     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106093630     Document Type: Article

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