The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X's Book as a Spiritual Autobiography

In this essay, the aurthor analyzes Malcolm X's book as a spiritual autobiography.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is not only a searing indictment of racism in America but also the moving story of one man's extraordinary metamorphosis from criminal to convert to religious leader. Among the forms of autobiography elucidated by William C. Spengemann, it most closely resembles the formal paradigm established by The Confessions of Saint Augustine in the fifth century. Like the The Confessions, The Autobiography has a three-part structure. It begins with an already converted narrator examining the sinful events from his past life that have...

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