Handbook of Life Writing

This handbook explores the diverse forms, practices, and poetics of life writing inEnglish and American literatures and cultures from both systematic and historicalperspectives. Covering the period from the Middle Ages to the present, it also mapsemerging methodologies, forms, and practices of life writing in the transatlantic andtransnational Anglophone world. Special attention is given to new transdisciplinaryengagements with the life sciences, including the biological humanities and narrativemedicine.

The handbook is an essential guide for students, scholars, critics, and practitionersseeking to read, research, teach, and practice life writing.