Found it interesting his reliance on Wordsworth. The first section that really stood out to me was on page 921 " Autobiography, then, is not a genre or a mose, but a figure of reading or of understanding that occurs, to some degree, in all texts." I see this as having a very liberal meaning. So could it be considered that a 'want ad' or a 'to do list' is in some respects self-reflective? According to De Man it appears to be his opinion that in fact these items are in fact auto-biographical. Noticed his use of the words 'genre' and 'generic' atleast three times within 921-920 to describe autobiography we have discussions during class about the underlying meaning of these words.
The last sentence of this piece
"Autobiography veils a defacement of the mind of which it is itself the cause"
I wonder how Franklin, Rousseau, or St. Augustine would handle that opinion.
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