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Light Writing and Life Writing : Photography in Autobiography by Timothy Dow Adams (1999, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807847925

ISBN-139780807847923

eBay Product ID (ePID)726108

Product Key Features

Book TitleLight Writing and Life Writing : Photography in Autobiography

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTechniques / General, General, American / General

Publication Year1999

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Photography, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorTimothy Dow Adams

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-021544

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsOn a bookshelf crowded with autobiographical and photographic criticism, this book is one worth picking up.American Studies, On a bookshelf crowded with autobiographical and photographic criticism, this book is one worth picking up. The author shows his mastery of this territory by not imposing a rigidly generic taxonomy on his material . . . . This is a well-structured book that discusses both critical and aesthetic theory and introduces many challenging, twentieth century works, both familiar and worthy of discovery."-- American Studies, "On a bookshelf crowded with autobiographical and photographic criticism, this book is one worth picking up. The author shows his mastery of this territory by not imposing a rigidly generic taxonomy on his material . . . . This is a well-structured book that discusses both critical and aesthetic theory and introduces many challenging, twentieth century works, both familiar and worthy of discovery."-- American Studies, It will be an indispensable addition to the growing work on literature and photography. Miles Orvell, Temple University, On a bookshelf crowded with autobiographical and photographic criticism, this book is one worth picking up. American Studies, It will be an indispensable addition to the growing work on literature and photography.Miles Orvell, Temple University

Dewey Decimal818/.50809492

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentCONTENTSPreface Acknowledgments Introduction. I Am a Camera Part I. Writing the Picture: Autobiographies with Few or No Photographs 1. Camera Obscura: Paul Auster 2. Sojourner Truth: Maxine Hong Kingston 3. Case History: Sheila Ortiz Taylor and Sandra Ortiz Taylor Part II. Collage: Autobiographies That Combine Words and Photographs 4. We Have All Gone into the World of Light: N. Scott Momaday 5. Available Light: Michael Ondaatje 6. A Life Lived like Water: Reynolds Price Part III. Picturing the Writing: Autobiographies by Photographers 7. Every Feeling Waits upon Its Gesture: Eudora Welty 8. The Mirror without a Memory: Wright Morris 9. Still Life Writing: Edward Weston Conclusion. We Are Not Our Own Light: Self-Portraiture and Autobiography Notes Works Cited Index

SynopsisOn the surface, the use of photography in autobiography appears to have a straightforward purpose: to illustrate and corroborate the text. But in the wake of poststructuralism, the role of photography in autobiography is far from simple or one-dimensional. Both media are increasingly self-conscious, argues Timothy Adams, and combining them intensifies rather than reduces the complexity and ambiguity of each taken separately.Focusing on works by Paul Auster, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sheila Ortiz Taylor, Sandra Ortiz Taylor, N. Scott Momaday, Michael Ondaatje, Reynolds Price, Eudora Welty, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston, Adams explores the ways in which text and image can interact with and reflect on one another. Photography may stimulate, inspire, or seem to document autobiography, he demonstrates, but it may also confound verbal narrative. Conversely, autobiography may mediate, motivate, or even take the form of photography. Because both media exist on the border between fact and fiction, Adams argues, they often undercut just as easily as they reinforce each other. Exploring the interrelations between photography and autobiography uncovers an inherent tendency in both to conceal as much as they reveal., On the surface, the use of photography in autobiography appears to have a straightforward purpose: to illustrate and corroborate the text. But in the wake of poststructuralism, the role of photography in autobiography is far from simple or one-dimensional. Both media are increasingly self-conscious, argues Timothy Adams, and combining them intensifies rather than reduces the complexity and ambiguity of each taken separately. Focusing on works by Paul Auster, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sheila Ortiz Taylor, Sandra Ortiz Taylor, N. Scott Momaday, Michael Ondaatje, Reynolds Price, Eudora Welty, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston, Adams explores the ways in which text and image can interact with and reflect on one another. Photography may stimulate, inspire, or seem to document autobiography, he demonstrates, but it may also confound verbal narrative. Conversely, autobiography may mediate, motivate, or even take the form of photography. Because both media exist on the border between fact and fiction, Adams argues, they often undercut just as easily as they reinforce each other. Exploring the interrelations between photography and autobiography uncovers an inherent tendency in both to conceal as much as they reveal., Explores the ways in which text and image can interact with and reflect on one another in the context of autobiography. The text focuses on the work of many writers and photographers and includes work by Paul Auster, Michael Ondaatje, Eudora Welty, Wright Morris and Edward Weston.

LC Classification NumberPS366.A88A33 2000