Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments

Icelandic Literacy Practices

Professor Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (Autor)

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272 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-41316-0 (ISBN)

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Using the Icelandic context, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon examines egodocuments as distinct and fascinating manifestations of microhistory, reflecting on their nature, the circumstances in which they originated, and their strengths and weaknesses for scholarly research.

Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments successfully makes the case for egodocuments being an intriguing part of the material culture of their time, with ample consideration given to the role of the book within individual households and the impact a source such as autobiography has had on people’s daily lives. Magnússon also provides an insightful historiographical account of how the egodocument has been used in historical works both in Iceland and elsewhere in the world since the 19th century.

Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon is Professor of Cultural History and Chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research at University of Iceland, Iceland. He has written 28 published books, including Archive, Slow Ideology and Egodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography: Potential History (2021) and Emotional Experience and Microhistory (2020). He is also co-editor, with István M. Szijártó, of the Microhistories book series.

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Acknowledgements

Part I – Introduction: Culture and Society

Part II – Historiography and Theoretical Framework
1 . The Biographical Tradition and the Icelandic School of Microhistory
2. Egodocuments in the Twentieth Century
3. The Autobiographical Expression
4. The Formation of the Self

Part III – The Autobiography and Life
5. Icelandic Egodocuments
6. Egodocuments and the Environment
7. The Autobiography and the Life Course

Part IV – Conclusion: Face 2 Face with the General Public

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.6.2025
Zusatzinfo	24 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-41316-X / 135041316X
ISBN-13	978-1-350-41316-0 / 9781350413160
Zustand	Neuware