The confessional as a sub-genre can be an effective form of writing. The most obvious feature being that it is essentially an autobiography. By using this genre to create a work of prose the author is able to confess his or her life’s loves, sins, dreams, faults, triumphs, as well as degradations. On the other hand the reader must therefore immediately question the honesty of the speaker and the intended audience and original purpose …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…valid description of society in the era in which it was written. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Abrams, M.H. “Biography.” A Glossary of Literary Terms Seventh Edition. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1999. 22-23 Augustine, Aurelius. “Confessions.” The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: Expanded Edition in One Volume. Ed Maynard Mack. New York: Norton, 1997 723-736 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. “Confessions.” The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: Expanded Edition in One Volume. Ed Maynard Mack. New York: Norton, 1997 2150-2158