Reference Shelf
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Begin your research with the reference works listed below.
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- Find both autobiographies and relevant, high-impact secondary criticisms.
Bio-bibliography
Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies by Call Number: CT3260 .A27 1999ISBN: 0313295840Publication Date: 1999-08-30Use this bibliography to identify autobiographies written by women before 2000.
Personal Writings by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 0806122064Publication Date: 1989-05-01Identify women's autobiographies written before 1900.- Through a Woman's Eye: An Annotated Bibliography of American Women's Autobiographical Writings, 1946-1976 by ISBN: 0810815885Publication Date: 1983-01-01This bibliography is useful for identifying women's autobiographies written during the first thirty years after World War II.
Companion
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 9780195066081Publication Date: 1995-01-05See the entry titled "Autobiography."
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography by Call Number: HQ1185 .E63 2005ISBN: 0313327378Publication Date: 2005-08-30
Handbooks
Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9783110279818Publication Date: 2019-01-29
The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781138784291Publication Date: 2016-11-02
Methodology, Study and teaching
Research Methodologies for Auto/biography Studies by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9780429288432Publication Date: 2019-06-03
Featured
Women and the Autobiographical Impulse: A History by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 1350237612Publication Date: 2023-10-05
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