Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Works Cited -- PART 1 FOUND LIVES: REFRAMING THE LOST, THE INANIMATE, AND THE HIDDEN -- 1 OBITUARIES: BEHIND THE FINAL TRIBUTE -- Brief historical...
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Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Works Cited -- PART 1 FOUND LIVES: REFRAMING THE LOST, THE INANIMATE, AND THE HIDDEN -- 1 OBITUARIES: BEHIND THE FINAL TRIBUTE -- Brief historical overview -- Behind the print -- Learning in obituary -- Life, not death -- Noted and newsworthy, not national celebrity -- Ethics and creativity -- Conclusion -- Recommended Reading -- Works Cited -- 2 OBJECT BIOGRAPHY: WRITING THE LIVES OF OBJECTS, ARTEFACTS, AND THINGS -- Object biography -- Art history, archaeology, and other non-fiction object biography -- Memoir and biography -- Conclusion -- Recommended Reading -- Works Cited -- 3 BURRA'S GIANT ONION AND THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME -- Revealing personalities -- The fascination of the ordinary and haunting photography -- Finding value in undocumented lives -- Dealing with too much information -- Reaching a point where one can look back -- Placing the personal memory in wider historical context -- Freedom in writing -- Ordinary lives -- Using personal history to illuminate a historical period -- Recommended Reading -- Works Cited -- 4 REVEALING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: THE NATURE OF LITERARY DOCU-MEMOIR -- Key points -- Parker's legacy -- The 'unseen' presence -- Revealing character -- Two masters -- Stitching -- See Saw Margery Daw -- Boundaries -- Ethical dangers -- Crafting -- Conclusion -- Recommended Reading -- Works Cited -- Notes -- 5 THE STRUGGLE IN KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD'S MY STRUGGLE -- The literary window: objects as entry points to th estory -- Commodifying the self -- Creating dramatic power: structural resonance -- Harnessing emotion -- Thematic design: counterbalancing emotional currency -- The unstable nature of autobiographical currency -- Conclusion -- Recommended Reading -- Works Cited -- Notes.