Douglass wrote several autobiographies, eloquently describing his experiences in slavery in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became influential in its support for abolition.

He wrote two more autobiographies, with his last, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, published in 1881 and covering events through and after the Civil War.

* The Frederick Douglass Papers Edition: A Critical Edition of Douglass ' Complete Works, including speeches, autobiographies, letters, and other writings.

It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first ( Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ), discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty.

Humor Risk also known as Humorisk, as can be seen in both biographies and autobiographies of the Marx Brothers.

The term may also apply to works of fiction purporting to be autobiographies of real characters, e. g., Robert Nye's Memoirs of Lord Byron.

His autobiographical book ' Maati Pankh Aani Aakaash ' was considered to be among the best ten autobiographies of last 100 years in Marathi by a survey conducted by Antarnaad, a respected martahi literary magazine.

Not long after publication many other writers ( such as Goethe, Wordsworth and De Quincey ) wrote their own similarly styled autobiographies ; however, Leo Damrosch argues that Rousseau meant that it would be impossible to imitate his book, as nobody else would be like Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Both films are considered to be autobiographies of the director.

It has been considered and published as a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful autobiographies ( certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance ).

The autobiography went on to become a bestseller and is considered one of the greatest American autobiographies ever.

These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies — captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences that which is really his experience, and how to record truth truly.

Caged Bird, like most autobiographies, begins with Angelou's earliest memories, but she relates events non-chronologically.

His Ramblings of a Games Addict is one of the earliest autobiographies in Indian cricket.

Another important biographical dictionary was begun by ibn Khallikan and expanded by al-Safadi and one of the first significant autobiographies was Kitab al-I ' tibar which told of Usamah ibn Munqidh and his experiences in fighting in the Crusades.

Other works included sporting anecdotes, theatrical autobiographies, guide-books, and ' fancy ditties '.

These included Patrick Evans ’ s bio-critical contribution for the " Twayne's World Authors Series ," Janet Frame ( 1977 ), Gina Mercer's feminist reading of the novels and autobiographies, Janet Frame: Subversive Fictions ( 1994 ), and Judith Dell Panny's allegorical approach to the works, I have what I gave: The fiction of Janet Frame ( 1992 ).

Angelou's major works have been labeled as autobiographical fiction, but many critics have characterized them as autobiographies.

In addition to the many autobiographies which discuss him, he is a hero in various works of fiction.

His published works include two autobiographies, Drawing Sexy Women and The Crystal Ballroom, as well as a novel, Nymph.

These fabricated autobiographies enabled Burke to establish his authority as an expert on the Chinese in London, allowing him to create a persona that he used to market his fictional works on Limehouse.

It includes fictionalized biographies and autobiographies as well as formal, non-fiction works.

The genre also contains other various types of non-fiction such as biographies, autobiographies, journal entries / diaries, and letters.

See also: List of autobiographies and: Category: Autobiographies for examples.

Augustine ( 354 – 430 ) applied the title Confessions to his autobiographical work, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau used the same title in the 18th century, initiating the chain of confessional and sometimes racy and highly self-critical, autobiographies of the Romantic era and beyond.

" These criteria for autobiography generally persisted until recent times, and most serious autobiographies of the next three hundred years conformed to them.

Notable 18th-century autobiographies in English include those of Edward Gibbon and Benjamin Franklin.

With the rise of education, cheap newspapers and cheap printing, modern concepts of fame and celebrity began to develop, and the beneficiaries of this were not slow to cash in on this by producing autobiographies.

So-called " autobiographies " of modern professional athletes and media celebrities — and to a lesser extent about politicians, generally written by a ghostwriter, are routinely published.

Until recent years, few people without some genuine claim to fame wrote or published autobiographies for the general public.

This trend has also encouraged fake autobiographies, particularly those associated with ' misery lit ,' where the writer has allegedly suffered from being a part of a dysfunctional family, or from social problems, or political repression.

Caitlin Thomas ' autobiographies, Caitlin Thomas – Leftover Life to Kill ( 1957 ) and My Life with Dylan Thomas: Double Drink Story ( 1997 ), describe the destructive effect of alcoholism on the poet and to their relationship.

Former prime ministers also commonly penned autobiographies — Tupper, for example — or published their memoirs — such as Diefenbaker and Paul Martin.

Several novels, biographies, autobiographies, and comic books have been written about punk.

Pertwee wrote two autobiographies: Moon Boots and Dinner Suits ( published in 1984 ), which primarily covers his life and career prior to Doctor Who, and the posthumously published Doctor Who: I Am the Doctor – Jon Pertwee ’ s Final Memoir ( published in 1996 by Virgin Publishing Ltd and co-written with David J. Howe ), which covered his life during and after the series.

Nimoy's fame as Spock is such that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock ( 1975 ) and I Am Spock ( 1995 ) detail his existence as being shared between the character and himself.

Ben Rich and " Kelly " Johnson set the origin as June 1943 in Burbank, California ; they relate essentially the same chronology in their autobiographies.

Phillips later revealed in two autobiographies that O ' Toole had subjected her to mental cruelty — largely fuelled by drinking — and was subject to bouts of extreme jealousy when she finally left him for a younger lover.

She revealed this and other details of her life in her two autobiographies.

Although inmates were kept in relatively good conditions, criticism of the Bastille grew during the 18th century, fueled by autobiographies written by former prisoners.

* Margaret Tucker, co-founder of the Australian Aborigines League and author of If Everyone Cared ( 1977 ) one of the first autobiographies to deal with the experience of the Stolen Generations.