This book contains an interesting explanation of the distinction between autobiography and testimonial literature:
http://books.google.com/books?id=cxiULJrkytIC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=The+testimonial+genre+in+literature&source=bl&ots=_u9xfXBKX2&sig=S-MNUeO2f_1KNrl9M9CjvNtOqPk&hl=en&ei=AeNuTfmEL4OC8gbv5-SmDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=The%20testimonial%20genre%20in%20literature&f=false
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The two types are so very similar, or so it seems to me and, even though there are some explicit distinctions, it seems that the two genres overlap in many ways.
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