Mapping the 'I': Research on Self-Narratives in Germany and Switzerland

In Mapping the 'I': Research on Self Narratives in Germany and Switzerland, the contributors, working with egodocuments (autobiographies, diaries, family chronicles and related texts), discuss various approaches to early modern concepts of the person and of personhood, the place of individuality within this context, genre and practices of writing. The volume documents the cooperation between the Berlin and Basel self-narrative research groups. Next to addressing crucial methodological issue...