Autobiography and|as Narcissism? Psychoanalysis and Self-Reflexive Life-Writing in Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's A Dialogue on Love and Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother?. (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rüggemeier, Anne; Scheurer, Maren
• Is Part Of: Auto/biography studies. Volume 34:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 167
• Page End: 195
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Narcissism -- psychotherapy -- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- Alison Bechdel -- primary care; Autobiography -- Periodicals; Autobiography; Periodicals; 920.005
• DOI: 10.1080/08989575.2019.1592828
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-9575

Abstract

Abstract: Reflecting the authorial self as well as their own production, autobiographic texts are often perceived as "narcissistic." By drawing on narratological and psychoanalytic theories about narcissism and mirroring, this article argues that autobiographies can go beyond self-involvement and highlight the autobiographer's search for meaning in dialogue with others.