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The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson (review)

The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson (review) 09-Reviews (597-679) 10/5/04 12:13 PM Page 635 Reviews 635 Lauren Rusk. The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson. New York: Routledge, 2002. 197 pp. ISBN 0-8153-3655-1, $65.00. Lauren Rusk’s consideration of “life writing,” as opposed to traditional auto- biography, focuses on “writing that is from as well as about the subject’s life” (3); such writing participates in a dialectical process of complex social as well as aesthetic engagements with its readers. For the four writers Rusk discusses, such engagements emerge from the construction of a “textual self” that invokes the writers’ otherness within mainstream society, thus engaging, potentially, with multiple audiences. The book constellates an interesting group of twentieth century writers and texts, draws upon a wealth of critical perspectives on both life writing and the individual texts under considera- tion, and educates its readers well with regard to the concept of life writing. Rusk also provides her own critical readings of the texts under discussion. Particularly useful for students embarking on the concept of life writing as well as the study of these particular texts and writers, more advanced readers will also find the book engaging in several ways. Unfortunately, its overall tone and structure http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biography University of Hawai'I Press

The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson (review)

McVicker, Jeanette.
Biography , Volume 27 (3) – Nov 22, 2004
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09-Reviews (597-679) 10/5/04 12:13 PM Page 635 Reviews 635 Lauren Rusk. The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson. New York: Routledge, 2002. 197 pp. ISBN 0-8153-3655-1, $65.00. Lauren Rusk’s consideration of “life writing,” as opposed to traditional auto- biography, focuses on “writing that is from as well as about the subject’s life” (3); such writing participates in a dialectical process of complex social as well as aesthetic engagements with its readers. For the four writers Rusk discusses, such engagements emerge from the construction of a “textual self” that invokes the writers’ otherness within mainstream society, thus engaging, potentially, with multiple audiences. The book constellates an interesting group of twentieth century writers and texts, draws upon a wealth of critical perspectives on both life writing and the individual texts under considera- tion, and educates its readers well with regard to the concept of life writing. Rusk also provides her own critical readings of the texts under discussion. Particularly useful for students embarking on the concept of life writing as well as the study of these particular texts and writers, more advanced readers will also find the book engaging in several ways. Unfortunately, its overall tone and structure

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