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Memoir - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Account, Adventures, Anecdote, Annals, Annotation, Article, Autobiography, Biography, Chronicle, Chronicles, Chronology, Confessions, Diary, Discourse, Dissertation |
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A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. Memoirs may appear less structured and less all-encompassing than formal autobiographical works. They are often about part of a life, and often a public part of one's life, rather than one's whole life, from youth to old age.
Memoirs are commonly written by political and military leaders.
Famous authors of memoirs
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Example Usage of Memoir |
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thegreengod: The surprising charms of the week's most talked-about political Memoir: Salon On the one hand, a Palin quip.. http://tinyurl.com/yzbzxhb |
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dgvelaw: Just started reading "The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir" |
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ToastMachine: Mickey Mouse turned 81 years old today. He's just published his Memoir called “Going Rodent.” |
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