In Retrospect These Journeys Loom Very Large
Carobeth Laird's Encounter With an Angry God and Limbo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4910574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rose Kamel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-66 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0409 |
| OpenAlex | W1989165022 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Carobeth Laird's Encounter With an Angry God and Limbo unravel the notion that man/self is the focus of autobiography as genre. Instead, Laird's concept of selfhood rejects masculinist centrality and includes American Indians, the elderly, and the western landscape of the early 20th century as self-extension. Ultimately, Laird's strategies for self-recovery illuminate a personal ecosphere in which life writing not only documents but integrates self, history, and myth
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| Highly cited | No |
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