American Autobiography (1865-1914)
FAIN: FT-11190-72
Unaffiliated independent scholar
Thomas W. Cooley (Project Director: July 1972 to present)
Studying the autobiographies of key writers of the period (James, Twain, Howells, ect.) as works of art. Pointing out the popularity of autobiography as a form at the same time that realism emerged.