{"product_id":"a-history-of-autofiction-in-english-cognitive-and-cultural-work-from-18th-century-england-to-contemporary-global-anglophone-literatures-9781350539570","title":"A History of Autofiction in English: Cognitive and Cultural Work from 18th-Century England to Contemporary Global Anglophone Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMapping the largely neglected history of autofictional literature, and describing developments against socio-historical changes, cultural trends, and philosophical-psychological discussions around self and mind, this book both explores and historicizes autofiction's contemporary boom. \u003c\/b\u003eBeginning with the genre's emergence in 18th-century England against changes in publishing culture and author concept, and then tracing forms and functions of autofictional literature up to the contemporary moment, \u003ci\u003eA History of Autofiction \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights why select narrative strategies are abandoned, transformed, or repurposed; which forms, affordances, and effects of autofictional modes are persistent; and which were particular to a given period. With focus on salient authors and texts from anglophone autofiction around the world, and shining spotlights on insightful socio-historical and biographical contexts, Alexandra Effe foregrounds autofictional elements of works not previously considered for these dimensions and offers fresh perspectives on a range of canonical autofictional texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e interdisciplinary in approach, the book sheds light on autofictional phenomena through research in neuroscience, psychology and philosophy of mind while demonstrating that autofictional literature holds insights for cognitive science. Developing a cognitive-holistic approach to the triad of author, text, and reader, the book allows for a novel and more encompassing understanding of an important current cultural trend and of its diachronic development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Effe\u003c\/b\u003e is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Literature, Cognition and Emotions at the University of Oslo, Norway, and teaches Anglophone and comparative literature at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJ. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Narrative Transgression: A Reconsideration of Metalepsis\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Autofictional: Approaches, Affordances, Forms\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eAutofiction, Emotions, and Humour: A Playfully Serious Affective Mode\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). As Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, she co-convened the project \"Autofiction in Global Perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720945402130,"sku":"9781350539570","price":192.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_425d9756-463c-4e92-ab64-ec185d272117.jpg?v=1762942229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-autofiction-in-english-cognitive-and-cultural-work-from-18th-century-england-to-contemporary-global-anglophone-literatures-9781350539570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}