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Autobiographical Writing

Autobiographical Writing is a literary genre in which an author recounts personal experiences, thoughts, and events from their own life, distinguished by its use of the first-person narrative to construct a coherent self-representation grounded in factual or perceived truth.

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102.2K

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2.2K

Authors

656

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2017–2026

140

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Testimony: crises of witnessing in literature, psychoanalysis, and history

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 3.4K citations

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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings

Maire J. Kurrik, Walter Benjamín, Edmund Jephcott · World Literature Today · 1980 · 1.6K citations

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Relational being: beyond self and community

Kenneth J. Gergen · Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 1.4K citations

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Forming a story: The health benefits of narrative

James W. Pennebaker, Janel D. Seagal · Journal of Clinical Psychology · 1999 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction

Patricia Waugh · Poetics Today · 1985 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JO
    James Olney

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

    14

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  2. DP
    Dan P. McAdams

    Northwestern University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

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  3. PJ
    Paul John Eakin

    University of Iowa, United States

    8 publications · 856 citations

    8

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  4. HP
    H. Porter Abbott

    6 publications · 296 citations

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  5. CE
    Carolyn Ellis

    University of South Florida, United States

    6 publications · 492 citations

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Institutions

656

  1. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    497 citations

  3. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    467 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    222 citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    908 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    441 citations

  8. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    439 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 218 publications · 19.9K citations

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  2. Qualitative Inquiry

    QI · 46 publications · 3K citations

    26

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  3. World Literature Today

    WLT · 35 publications · 3.9K citations

    26

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  4. American Literature

    48 publications · 2.2K citations

    25

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  5. Biography

    58 publications · 1.7K citations

    24

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