Threads of Life
Autobiography and the Will
- Contents

Note on Texts and Translations
Introduction
1. Threads, Autobiography, Theory
2. Late Modernity and the Will
3. Theory and Practice
Will-less Autobiography? Althusser, Skinner, and Barthes
4. Moral Luck in Paris
Luck and Ethical Will in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast
5. "Being and Making Oneself Be"
Will and Contingency in Simone de Beauvoir’s Autobiography
6. "Factor x"
Arthur Koestler and the Ghost in the Machine
7. "Strange Identity"
Stephen Spender and Weakness of Will
8. "Custodians of Their Own Fates"?
Diana (and Lionel) Trilling in The Beginning of the Journey
Conclusion
Appendix A: Some Earlier Conceptions of the Will: Maimonides to Mill
Appendix B: Some Other Late Modern Instances
Glossary of Terms
Notes
Index
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature | British and Irish Literature | General Criticism and Critical Theory
Philosophy: Ethics | History and Classic Works
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.