An American Childhood (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Annie Doak
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1945-1963
- Setting: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: Annie Doak, Frank Doak, Pam Lambert Doak, Amy, Molly
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Adolescence, Nature, Self, Authors or writers, Books, Upper classes, Youth, Reading, Intellect, Ponds
- Locales: Pittsburgh, PA
Form and Content
With An American Childhood, Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), has written an eloquent account of her youth in Pittsburgh. The book covers the years from her birth until her departure for Hollins College in Virginia, yet its form is not that of a traditional autobiography. There are few references to dates or chronological details in Dillard’s portrait of her childhood; rather, the book is a series of vivid impressions and recollections which assume a loosely chronological order as her life...
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