The birth of autobiography

El nacimiento de la autobiografía

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  • Luis Beltrán Almería Universidad de Zaragoza

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https://doi.org/10.55422/bbmp.1022

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Autobiografía, Antiguedad, Retórica, Misch, Lejeune

Abstract

The relationship between autobiography and rhetoric can be explained by its origins in antiquity. Plato with his Letter VII and Isocrates with his Antidosis founded a genre that will have a place of capital importance in the cultural history of the West. The most relevant approaches to this genre are those of Georg Misch and Philippe Lejeune. Lejeune has overshadowed Misch, although his merits cannot be compared.

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ARISTÓFANES. (1995) Comedias I. Luis Gil ed. y trad. Madrid. Gredos.

HESÍODO. (1978) Obras. Trad. A. Pérez Jiménez. Madrid. Gredos.

ISÓCRATES. (1982) Discursos. Trad. J. M. Guzmán. Madrid. Gredos.

LEJEUNE, Philippe. (1975) Le pacte autobiographique. París. Seuil. 1975.

LEJEUNE, Philippe. (2005) Signes de vie. Le pacte autobiographique 2. París. Seuil.

LUCIANO DE SAMÓSATA. (1988) «Sueño o vida de Luciano». Obras 2. Ed. y trad. José Luis Navarro González. Madrid. Gredos.

MISCH, Georg. (1950) History of Autobiography in Antiquity. 2 vols. Londres. Routledge & Kegan Paul.

PLATÓN. (1992) Diálogos VII. Dudosos, apócrifos, cartas. Ed. y trad. Juan Zaragoza y Pilar Gómez Cardo. Madrid. Gredos.

Published

2025-12-30

How to Cite

Beltrán Almería, L. (2025). The birth of autobiography: El nacimiento de la autobiografía. MENÉNDEZ PELAYO LIBRARY BULLETIN, 101(1), 341–352. https://doi.org/10.55422/bbmp.1022

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