{"product_id":"the-norton-book-of-american-autobiography","title":"The Norton Book of American Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The essential American form of expression.\"from the Introduction by Jay Parini From Mary Rowlandsons story of her capture by Indians in the mid-seventeenth century to Mary Paik Lees story of being a pioneer Korean woman in America at the beginning of the twentieth century  the autobiographical form has provided our most vivid  intimate glimpses of daily American life and self-understanding.  In this groundbreaking anthology  respected writer and critic Jay Parini brings together an abundant selection from over three centuries of \"the democratic voice . . . discovering itself.\" Here are the voices of the Founding Fathers and African American slaves; of transcendentalists and suffragists; of ancestors such as Frederick Douglass  Harriet Jacobs  Mark Twain  Henry James  Helen Keller  Zora Neale Hurston  Gertrude Stein  Ernest Hemingway  James Baldwin  and many others; and of a wide range of contemporaries  including Maxine Hong Kingston  Gore Vidal  Julia Alvarez  and Mark Doty.  The rich  continuous influence of autobiographical writing in our culture is clear  and as memoirs continue to fascinate readers  this invaluable anthology provides an essential guide to our foremost American literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986002079797,"sku":"ByrdShop_039304677X","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393046779.jpg?v=1770881153","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-norton-book-of-american-autobiography","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}