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008			120918s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781441168023 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9781441168283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
041			_aEnglish
082	0	0	_a809.933 _223 _bHEE
100	1		_aHeehs, Peter.
245	1	0	_aWriting the self : _bdiaries, memoirs, and the history of the self / _cPeter Heehs.
260			_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2013.
300			_aviii, 296 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe self has a history. In the West, the idea of the soul entered Christianity with the Church Fathers, notably Augustine. During the Renaissance the idea of the individual attained preeminence, as in the works of Montaigne. In the seventeenth century, philosophers such as Descartes formulated notions of selfhood that did not require a divine foundation. in the next century, thinkers such as Hume grew skeptical of the self's very existence. Ideas of the self have changed markedly since the Romantic period and most scholars today regard it as at best a mental construct. Self-expression also has a history. First-person genres such as diaries and memoirs have long provided an outlet for self-expression and since the seventeenth century novels have competed with them in providing a way for writers to speak about themselves. However, memoirs survived and continue to thrive, while the diary has found a new incarnation in the personal blog.
650		0	_aSelf in literature.
650		0	_aSelf (Philosophy)
650		0	_aAutobiography in literature.
650		0	_aSoul in literature.
650		0	_xHistory.
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