Valérie Baisnée, “Through the long corridor of distance”: Space and Self in Contemporary New Zealand Women’s Autobiographies
“Writing about one’s past involves both invention and exorcisms: finding what was lost and would have been permanently lost otherwise; and freeing oneself of the burden of it, when it is a burden.” Charles Brasch, Journals, 1968.In her introduction to her study of autobiographies of New Zealand wom...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | “Writing about one’s past involves both invention and exorcisms: finding what was lost and would have been permanently lost otherwise; and freeing oneself of the burden of it, when it is a burden.” Charles Brasch, Journals, 1968.In her introduction to her study of autobiographies of New Zealand women, Valérie Baisnée reminds us that Charles Brasch, founder and editor of Landfall, New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary quarterly, encouraged autobiographical writing with his “Beginnings” series in... |
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