What does it mean to narrate the self Is there a self to be narrated What form should such narratives or writings take The authors of the sixteen essays collected in this volume use a variety of approaches to study a broad range of what are now called egodocuments from the Renaissance to the beginning of the nineteenth century. From them it emerges that the self is not an acknowledged fact but rather a historical process which is neither linear nor stable. Que peut bien signifier lcriture de soi lpoque moderne Y atil mme un moi dcrire et raconter Quelles formes peuvent prendre de tels rcits Les seize contributions rassembles dans ce volume cherchent rpondre ces questions en interrogeant suivant diverses approches une grande varit de textes de la Renaissance la Rvolution relevant de ce que lhistoriographie tend nommer des egodocuments . A travers ltude de ces textes il apparat que le moi loin dtre un donn universel est le fruit dun processus historique qui nest ni linaire ni stable.