Out of My Life and Thought (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Albert Schweitzer
- First Published: 1931
- Time of Work: 1875–1931
- Setting: Günsbach, Strasbourg, Paris, and Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (later Gabon)
- Principal Characters: Albert Schweitzer, Eugène Münch, Charles-Marie Widor, Marie Jaëll-Trautmann, Alfred Boegner, Helene Bresslau
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Philosophy or philosophers, Twentieth century, Music or musicians, Missions or missionaries, Doctors, Germany or German people, Philanthropy or philanthropists
- Locales: Europe, French Equatorial Africa, Gabon
Form and Content
In Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography, Albert Schweitzer creates a tapestry of ideas. In the background are glimpses of events in his early adult life, mainly from the ages of twenty-three to fifty-five. In the foreground are detailed explanations of his scholarly interests in religion, philosophy, and music. Unlike autobiographies that focus mainly on a chronological recital of events in an individual’s life, Out of My Life and Thought presents events as an organizing framework for revealing Schweitzer’s simultaneous intellectual...
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