Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon is Professor of Cultural History and Chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research at University of Iceland, Iceland. He has written 28 published books, including Archive, Slow Ideology and Egodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography: Potential History (2021) and Emotional Experience and Microhistory (2020). He is also co-editor, with István M. Szijártó, of the Microhistories book series.

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgementsPart I – Introduction: Culture and SocietyPart II – Historiography and Theoretical Framework1 . The Biographical Tradition and the Icelandic School of Microhistory 2. Egodocuments in the Twentieth Century 3. The Autobiographical Expression 4. The Formation of the SelfPart III – The Autobiography and Life5. Icelandic Egodocuments 6. Egodocuments and the Environment 7. The Autobiography and the Life Course Part IV – Conclusion: Face 2 Face with the General PublicReferencesSelect BibliographyIndex

Iceland’s internationally known cultural historian Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon continues to break new interpretative ground with Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments: Icelandic Literacy Practice. Magnusson extends his significant primary source research and combination of interpretive breakthroughs and synthetic understanding in this new contribution. He adds to his flow of important books from Wasteland with Words, Minor Knowledge and Microhistory, Archive, to Slow Ideology and Ecodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography. I strongly advise anyone across the humanities and social sciences to read his latest book.