The Limits of Autobiographical Logic. On the Impossibility of Narrating One’s Death

The practice of life writing seems to exclude the incorporation of the writer’s death. How can autobiography come to terms with this blind spot? Are there any strategies that enable the horizon or end of the writer’s life (‘bios’) to be integrated into his or her reflections thereof? How can the imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mathias Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2020-12-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37324