10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISERY MEMOIR»
Discover the use of
misery memoir in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
misery memoir and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poverty in Contemporary Literature: Themes and Figurations ...
The misery memoir could be accused of “authenticating” poverty as cultural
otherness because it often recurs to representational patterns that confirm
associations of poverty with brutality, crime, alcoholism, neglect and a lack of
hygiene.
Barbara Korte, Georg Zipp, 2014
2
Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex
We're riveted by the (seeming) rawness of something that appears to be direct
from the source” (82). Sam Leith, meanwhile, makes a similar point in his
discussion of misery memoir, commenting, “The idea that you're close to real
suffering is ...
3
The Arvon Book of Life Writing: Writing Biography, ...
Today the Waterstone's chain labels their misery memoir shelves Painful Lives,
while Borders followed with Real Lives and W.H. Smith's with Tragic Life Stories.
Many misery authors say they write to come to terms with traumatic memories
and ...
Sally Cline, Carole Angier, 2010
4
Hoaxes and Hexes: Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses
A Money-Making Misery Memoir Pity the art dealer who buys a forged painting.
But what about a book publisher that produces a sensational bestseller that turns
out to be nothing more than a pack of lies? James Frey's infamous A Million Little
...
5
The hidden roads: a
memoir of childhood
This is not a misery memoir, not sensationalist and not a celebrity memoir.
Kevin Crossley-Holland, 2009
6
Memoir: An Introduction
Similarly, memoirs of certain kinds of experience—like miserable childhoods,
dysfunctional families, and recovery from substance abuse—constitute
subgenres that attract habitual readers. The popularity of the so-called misery
memoir seems ...
7
Life Writing: A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Today the Waterstone's chain labels their misery memoir shelves Painful Lives,
while Borders followed with Real Lives and W.H. Smith's with Tragic Life Stories.
Many misery authors say they write to come to terms with traumatic memories
and ...
Sally Cline, Carole Angier, 2013
8
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.
9
Memoir: An Introduction
The popularity ofthesocalled misery memoir seemstobe behinda 2003 New
Yorkercartoon by Alex Gregory. A young woman reclining ina dormitory window
seat pens a letter to herparents: “Dear Mom andDad: Thanks forthe happy
childhood.
10
SLOW VIOLENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENTALISM OF THE POOR
... nation-state rather than a dysfunctional individual or family, and is authored by
a woman ofinternational renown. Ifthis is a “misery memoir” then the primary
source ofthat misery is a patriarchal, authoritarian nation-state and the solution is
not.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISERY MEMOIR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
misery memoir is used in the context of the following news items.
Literary memoirs round-up: Stories of grief with a happy ending
Even a misery memoir has a happy ending. That's the whole point of them.” There's plenty of despair and heartbreak in these three memoirs, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Gary Bell's memoir: From a council estate to Queen's Counsel
For some people, such material might be the stuff of a misery memoir. Bell, though, is not much given to agonising. He writes of his early life in a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Richard Desmond's autobiography is just a supersized OK! feature
It can be many things: a misery memoir (think Angela's Ashes and its legions of imitators); a gossipy, name-dropping romp (step forward Rupert ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
What Bristol Is Reading - June 29 to July 5
H is for Hawk is at once a misery memoir, as the author grapples with the grieving process, and a falconer's diary about the hard-won trust ... «Bristol24/7, Jul 15»
BBC Scotland to produce a show on Scottish LGBTI history
... of silence…the awkwardness of Coming Out – but we don't want the predominant tone to be that of a misery memoir – this is also very much ... «KaleidoScot, Jul 15»
The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink review – uplifting memoir
It may look, on the surface, like a misery memoir as there is certainly some misery here, but that term doesn't come close to doing it justice. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Glimpses of Dalit life
Daya Pawar's autobiography is no misery memoir, but an honest man's ... "What prevents this from being a misery memoir is the way in which ... «Pune Mirror, Jul 15»
Fifty Shades author EL James is now worth £37 million
... The Telegraph's Bryony Gordon described the book as "about as sexy as a misery memoir and as arousing as the diary of a sex offender" ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Fifty Shades writer EL James made £20million from her sex saga …
The Telegraph's Bryony Gordon said the fourth book is: 'About as sexy as a misery memoir and as arousing as the diary of a sex offender'. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
Musicians and writers choose their favourite book about music
The second book is Things The Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Everett of the American band, Eels. Essentially, it's a misery memoir: rock ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
