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Autobiographien von der Antike bis zur Postmoderne in gattungs- und funktionsgeschichtlicher Perspektive 'Autobiographical writing has been an inherent part of Western culture and literary traditions for more than 2000 years. Especially during the last years, a considerable amount of research has been conducted on the genre. This volume, however, focuses on three fields which have not yet been at the centre of literary studies: firstly, the classical tradition, secondly, autobiographies of the 18th and early 19th century, which were mostly written in Latin and refer back to their classical predecessors, and thirdly, those modern and postmodern (meta-) autobiographies which reflect on the genre and play with conceptions of historiography, fact and fiction. This collection of essays offers 21 readings of fairly unknown autobiographies and provides new perspectives on the genre and its functions.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Baumann lehrt Anglistik: Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Bonn.
Dr. Karl August Neuhausen (AOR) lehrte von 1965 bis 2005 Lateinische Philologie der Antike und Neuzeit.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Baumann lehrt Anglistik: Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Bonn.
Dr. Marc Laureys ist Professor für Mittel- und Neulateinische Philologie an der Universität Bonn und Sprecher des Bonner Centre for the Classical Tradition.
Dr. Winfried Schmitz ist Professor für Alte Geschichte am Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft der Universität Bonn.
