Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): Purpose and Audience. The reason for writing a memoir can sometimes be detrimental to understanding why the authors have discussed these significant moments in their …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Purpose and Audience. ‘The old Vicarage – its bones and frame; every part of it was alive with its own special life and having its …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): Purpose and Audience Rosa Bell began writing her memoir, ‘R.M Remembers,’ as she was nearing the age of 80 in approximately 1981 to 1982 between …
Edward Balne (b.1895): Purpose & Audience It seems to me Edward Balne wrote this memoir primarily to make sense of his long adventure of a life – unbereft …
Ruth Cox (born 1890): Purpose and Audience “Both of you are only sharing a little part of my life but I wished you both to read about the historical …
Jack Vallance (b. 1914) – Purpose and Audience Written as a reflective memoir, Jack Vallance gives little away with regards to writing dates nor the intended audience he had in …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Purpose and Audience A visit to his childhood home in 1948 spurred John Edmonds to ‘set down a record of people and memories with the …
May Jones: Purpose and Audience “The little village where I lived was on the outskirts of a large manufacturing town, where all the mills found work for …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Purpose and Audience. I have made a brief and rough sketch of my childhood and life to show some of the hardships and trials that I went …
May Rainer- Purpose and Audience (b.1909) Gagnier states that ‘‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their …
