Autobiographies are among the bestselling books in Britain and beside the book format other
forms of autobiographical expression such as blogging and vlogging flourish too. As a response
to this 'autobiography boom' since the late 20th century the study of life writing has
developed into a vibrant field of research. Although there have been many British contributions
to the field a collection that assembles critical views on the variety of contemporary British
autobiographical writing has still been missing. This volume cannot close this gap and provide
a comprehensive overview on recent British autobiography but brings together exemplary studies
of different media forms and issues of British autobiographical writing testifying to the
creativity and diversity of both autobiographical texts and analytical angles. Contributions
focus predominantly on non-canonical texts including some of the most popular contemporary
autobiographical genres such as graphic memoirs fan autobiographies disability memoirs or
blogs addressing for example questions of genre ethics and identity as well as ideas for
teaching.
