Memoir
An Introduction
G. Thomas Couser
Reviews and Awards
"Couser intelligently and capaciously introduces memoir for the general reader." --American Book Review
"Deft, rigorous, and remarkably wide-ranging, Couser's volume is a superb example of accessible scholarship. It will serve as an ideal introduction to memoir for students, a clarifying and stimulating text for scholars, and a splendidly engaging introduction to life writing and other narrative genres for the general reader." --Richard Freadman, author of Threads of Life: Autobiography and the Will
"I have been working in the field of life writing for over fifteen years and can honestly say I learned a great deal from Memoir: An Introduction. It is extremely readable, impressive, and really quite fascinating, even to one who knows the debates well." --Margaretta Jolly, editor of The Encyclopedia of Life Writing
"[A] useful, compact volume...Recommended." --Choice
"This contribution to memoir scholarship incorporates and fuses much of [Couser's] previous scholarship. Memoir is a significant and timely intervention into current debates around truth and representation. Its conversational style makes Memoir an engaging and thoughtprovoking read." --Literature in North Queensland
"G. Thomas Couser's book is a tremendous achievement, covering the contemporary American memoir in a rich and thorough way. Encompassing the many genres, surprising history, and ethical perils of the form, MEMOIR is sure to become one of those much thumbed-through books that sits in every writing teacher's office--and on every memoirist's desk." --Rachel Simon, New York Times bestselling author of Riding The Bus With My Sister
"Couser intelligently and capaciously introduces memoir for the general reader." --Thomas Larson, American Book Review