Biography : a very short introduction / Hermione Lee.
2009
CT21 .L365 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Biography : a very short introduction / Hermione Lee.
Author
Lee, Hermione.
ISBN
9780199533541 (pbk.)
0199533547 (pbk.)
0199533547 (pbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 170 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Call Number
CT21 .L365 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
809/.93592
Summary
From the Publisher: Hermione Lee is one of the leading literary biographers in the English-speaking world, the author of widely acclaimed lives of Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. Now, in this Very Short Introduction, Lee provides a magnificent look at the genre in which she is an undisputed master-the art of biography. Here Lee considers the cultural and historical background of different types of biographies, looks at the factors that affect biographers, and asks whether there are different strategies, ethics, and principles required for writing about one person compared to another. She also discusses contemporary biographical publications and considers what kind of "lives" are the most popular and in demand. And along the way, she answers such questions as why do certain people and historical events arouse so much interest? How can biographies be compared with history and works of fiction? Does a biography need to be true? Is it acceptable to omit or conceal things? Does the biographer need to personally know the subject? Must a biographer be subjective?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Very short introductions.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Poetry extract acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Very short introduction
1: Biography channel
2: Exemplary lives
3: Warts and all
4: National biography
5: Fallen idols
6: Against biography
7: Public roles
8: Telling the story
References
Bibliography
Index.
Poetry extract acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Very short introduction
1: Biography channel
2: Exemplary lives
3: Warts and all
4: National biography
5: Fallen idols
6: Against biography
7: Public roles
8: Telling the story
References
Bibliography
Index.