Autobiography: literary books

The inside track from the girl who lived, for 6 years, as hit cult author JT LeRoy.  Read More >>

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, and acerbic critic...  Read More >>

In 1861, young Mark Twain finds himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West--and ""Roughing It"" is a hilarious...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

The first complete biography of the beloved children's book author Walter R. Brooks, creator of Freddy the Pig....  Read More >>

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When her journals began, 34-year-old Oates was already a recipient of the National Book Award (1969), with many...  Read More >>

Despite his friendship with the writer for nearly fifty years, Stone is generally regarded as a minor figure in...  Read More >>

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For 50 years, from 1593 to 1643, a man in Ireland led seven lives. He was, at the same time, legally dead, a murderer,...  Read More >>

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Told with humour, candour, and the same haunting lyricism that distinguished her early work, Teresa Miller's story...  Read More >>

This critically acclaimed series continues with another eclectic lineup, including Raymond Carver, Norman Mailer,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each...  Read More >>

George Frisbie Whicher (1889-1954) was the American author of: The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood (1915)...  Read More >>

<p> El mago es un libro unico, que nos permite adentrarnos en el universo de coelho, tener acceso por primera vez...  Read More >>

Whitbread Award winner Claire Tomalin's seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.  Read More >>

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Trollope’s autobiography, despite causing him problems with critics after his death for his attitudes to writing,...  Read More >>

For more than 50 years, Norman Mailer was at the forefront of American letters and popular culture. In this work,...  Read More >>

1909 in den USA und 1912 in Deutschland gab es die ersten Biographien über Autorfiguren im Kino zu sehen. Die literarhistorische...  Read More >>

Originally published: Conan Doyle: the man who created Sherlock Holmes. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.  Read More >>

Recognized in Japan as a major poet and also as an outspoken advocate for peace, Yaguchi here uses his extraordinary...  Read More >>