Confessions

The keyword Confessions is tagged in the following 2 articles.

Memoirs and Confessions: The Hybrid Form of Decadent Texts

December 8, 2010 - 3066 words | English » Decadent Texts

Decadent texts are a subclass of literature paradoxically characterised by both creation and decay, and are thus texts that resist a standard classification of genre. That is to say, Decadent texts are always operating with a dual purpose: the literary movement itself... Read Article »

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Sublime Inauthenticity: How Critical is Truth in Autobiography?

November 3, 2009 - 1597 words | Psychology » Autobiography

In the autobiography, time and history, at first glance, seem paramount. After all, autobiography is the account of the things that have happened in a person’s life, selected and made ready for public consumption, usually written in the first person. However,... Read Article »

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