Laura Marcus – Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction

Learn something new for the New Year with our ‘For Learning, For Life’ series. As part of this we will be hosting three weekly Oxford University Press Very Short Introduction talks, continuing with Laura Marcus, ‘Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction’.

Autobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. From Casanova to Benjamin Franklin to the Kardashians, individuals throughout history have recorded their own lives and experiences. These records serve as invaluable resources to historians, psychologists and literary critics. Laura Marcus explores what we mean by ‘autobiography’ and how it overlaps with other literary forms such as letters, essays and even fiction. Learn about the autobiographical consciousness and how autobiography interacts with psycholanalysis.