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James Olney (1933–2015)

Author of Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing

14 Works 149 Members

Works by James Olney

Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing (1999) 37 copies

Metaphors of Self: The Meaning of Autobiography (1972) 28 copies

Autobiography: Essays Theoretical and Critical (1980) 25 copies

Selected Stories from the Southern Review, 1965-1985 (1988) — Editor — 16 copies

Tell Me Africa : An Approach to African Literature (1974) 15 copies

The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy_Yeats and Jung (1980) 11 copies

Studies in Autobiography (1988) — Editor — 5 copies

Afro-American Writing Today: An Anniversary Issue of the Southern Review (1989) 5 copies

The Language (S of Poetry : Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins) (1993) 2 copies

The Southern Review Spring 1992 1 copy

Metaphors of self : the meaning of autobiography 1 copy

T. S. Eliot: essays from The Southern Review (1988) 1 copy

The southern review : a special issue : contemporary Irish poetry and criticism Volume 31 Number 3 1 copy

Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy—Yeats and Jung (2022) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1933-07-12
Date of death: 2015-02-04
Gender: male
Education: University of Iowa
Columbia University
Occupations: professor
editor
Organizations: The Southern Review (editor-in-chief)
Louisiana State University
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Marathon, Iowa, USA
Place of death: Irvine, California, USA
Burial location: Marathon, Iowa, USA
Associated Place (for map): Iowa, USA

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Christian Gauss Award

Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing (Winner – 1999)

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Donald E. Stanford Editor

Jo. Gulledge Editor

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Works: 14
Members: 149
Popularity: #139,412

ISBNs: 28

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