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Autobiografía - Obras Completas Vol. XVTutt gli uomini dogni sorte, che hanno fatto qualque cosa che sia virtuosa, o si veramente che le virtu somigli, dovrebbero, essendo veritieri e da bene, di lor propria mano descrivere la lora vita; ma non si dovrebbe comincare...

Autobiographic SketchesThe miscellaneous writings which I propose to lay before the public in this body of selections are in part to be regarded as a republication of papers scattered through several British journals twenty or thirty years ago, which papers have been reprinted in...

This Element delineates how the narrative expression of autobiographical memory develops through everyday interactions that frame the forms and functions of autobiographical remembering. Narratives are both outward and inward facing, providing the interface between how we perceive the world and how we perceive ourselves....

The last of the Romantics, Widor narrated his recollections in 1936, bringing to life his diverse experiences from the time of Louis Philippe to the cusp of World War II. Widor's Toccata is the most famous organ piece composed in the past three hundred...

We live in 'reenactive times'. Recent decades have witnessed a marked proliferation of various forms of reenactment across numerous cultural contexts and domains to the point that it is today seemingly impossible to enter museums, heritage sites, art galleries or even to turn on...

Autobiographical Sketches 1885. I am so often asked for references to some pamphlet or journal in which may be found some outline of my life, and the enquiries are so often couched in terms of such real kindness, that I have resolved to pen...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

"In order to write" said Simone de Beauvoir, "the first essential condition is that reality can no longer be taken for granted." She and four other French women writers of the second half of the twentieth century-Nathalie Sarraute, Marguerite Duras, Monique Wittig, and Maryse...

Autobiography CHAPTER VI. 1830-1840 COMMENCEMENT OF THE MOST VALUABLE FRIENDSHIP OF MY LIFEMY FATHER'S DEATHWRITINGS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS UP TO 1840 CHAPTER VII. 1840-1870 GENERAL VIEW OF THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFE.COMPLETION OF THE "SYSTEM OF LOGIC"PUBLICATION OF THE "PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY" MARRIAGERETIREMENT...

The inspirational life story of the Vietnamese Redemptorist Marcel Van, who was to die in a North Vietnamese prison-camp in 1959. The first steps towards his Beatification were begun in 1984. Born in 1928 into a modest family, against a background of endless personal...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. - Edited by His DaughterIT is about twenty-five years since, at my earnest desire, my father began to write some of the memories of his own life, of the friends whom he loved, and of the noteworthy...

Autobiography and Selected Essays Of Huxley's life and of the forces which moulded his thought, the Autobiography gives some account; but many facts which are significant are slighted, and necessarily the later events of his life are omitted. To supplement the story as given...

Thomas is born out of wedlock to a wartime nurse, and left in the care of a black woman. His mother, married, returns at the end of the war and takes him to live with her. A Marine veteran, Stosh is an abusive alcoholic...

Autobiography of a ChildThe picture is clear before me of the day I first walked. My mother, a handsome, cold-eyed woman, who did not love me, had driven out from town to nurse's cottage. I shut my eyes, and I am back in the...

Autobiography of a Female SlaveI was born in one of the southern counties of Kentucky. My earliest recollections are of a large, old-fashioned farm-house, built of hewn rock, in which my old master, Mr. Nelson, and his family, consisting of a widowed sister, two...

Why do we behave the way we do, and how did we become the individuals we are today? These two questions aren't easily answered because there are so many factors that shape every individual's life. It is extremely difficult to pinpoint the specific reasons...

Dr. Amitava Dasgupta was born in Calcutta, India, in 1958 to a Hindu mother and an atheist father. A natural skeptic, he spent his early years searching for the meaning of life in the books of both theologians and scientists, but to no avail....

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief {This text has been transcribed, corrected, and annotated from its original periodical appearance in Graham's Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843), by Hugh C. MacDougall, Secretary of the James Fenimore Cooper Society (jfcooper@wpe.com), who welcomes corrections or emendations.} {Introductory Note: "Autobiography of a...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...