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An important and timely contribution. The level of scholarship that has gone into The Story of `Me' is impressive: discussions are stuffed full of relevant references while remaining highly readable and coherent. The author's grasp of the French context, relevant literary theory, and the American literary landscape is really admirable. -Elizabeth H. Jones, joint academic director of the School of Arts and lecturer in French studies at the University of Leicester and author of Spaces of Belonging: Home, Culture, and Identity in Twentieth-Century French Autobiography -- Elizabeth H. Jones Consistently intriguing and elegantly constructed. The Story of `Me' should find an appreciative audience, as it highlights not only the existence of this under-remarked-upon genre but also the enormous explanatory power of that genre for thinking through the pressures and issues that postwar literature confronted. The opening chapter is particularly compelling, as it traces how we might see the rise of autofiction as a reaction to a supposed crisis of American masculinity. -Daniel Grausam, associate professor of English studies at Durham University and author of On Endings: American Postmodern Fiction and the Cold War -- Daniel Grausam

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Marjorie Worthington is a professor of English and in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University.    

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