World Literature Today · 1988 · 71 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistoryLiteratureBritish LiteratureCultural HistoryFictionAutobiographical NarrativeAutobiographyLife HistoryLife History NarrativesLife WritingNarrative IdentityGenre History Of BiographyLife Story MemoryLife Story Narratives
Telling his life story with humor and passion--displaying throughout the largeness of spirit that has made him one of the most admired writers this country has ever produced--Miller recalls his boyhood, his education, the formation of his political outlook, his career successes and failures, and the remarkable variety of people, both obscure and famous, in his life.