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Literature. --- Memory in literature. --- Memory. --- Poetry --- Poetry. --- Psychic trauma in literature. --- Psychic trauma. --- Self-disclosure in literature. --- Self-disclosure. --- Witnesses in literature. --- Witnesses. --- History and criticism. --- 1900-1999.

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Compelling Confessions is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous in contemporary culture, not only within psychological or therapeutic frameworks or literary analysis, but also in internet discussion groups, in the criminal justice system, in political rhetoric, in so-called 'reality' and interview-style television programming, in writing pedagogy and, increasingly, in the testimonial strain observable in con

American literature --- Confession in literature. --- Self-disclosure in literature. --- Autobiography. --- Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. --- Confession --- Self-disclosure --- Disclosure of self --- Revelation of self --- Self-disclosing behavior --- Self-revelation --- Extraversion --- Interpersonal communication --- Auricular confession --- Church discipline --- Forgiveness of sin --- Absolution --- Penance --- Autobiographies --- Autobiography --- Egodocuments --- Memoirs --- Biography as a literary form --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects. --- History and criticism --- Technique