Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century /

Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century is a collection of essays on memoir, biography, and autobiography during a formative period for the genre. The essays revolve around recognized male and female figures-returning to the Boswell and Burney circle-but present arguments that dismantle traditional...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berglund, Lisa (Contribuidor), Caldwell, Tanya M. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Caudle, James J. (Contribuidor), Francus, Marilyn (Contribuidor), Gilman, Todd (Contribuidor), Sabor, Peter (Contribuidor), Warren, Victoria (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press, [2020]
Colección:Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
Temas:
Autobiography in literature.
Autobiography > History > 18th century.
Biography as a literary form > History > 18th century.
Biography in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
memoir, autobiography, Burney, Boswell, life writing, James Boswell, Frances Burney, Hester Lynn Piozzi, Alexander d'Arblay, Alicia LeFanu, Charles Burney, Isabelle d'Charriere, William Godwin, family, 18th century, Samuel Johnson, biography, Tanya Caldwell, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, Male Figures, Females Figures, Culture.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Art of Writing Lives
  • 1. Dr. Johnson's Apology for the Married Life of Hester Thrale: Hester Lynch Piozzi's Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
  • 2. The Education of Alexander d'Arblay: The "Idol of the World"
  • 3. Trying to Set the Record Straight: Alicia LeFanu, Frances Burney D'Arblay, and the Limits of Family Biography
  • 4. The Life of Isabelle de Charrière: "Written by Herself "
  • 5. Clashes of Conversations in James Boswell's Hebrides and Life of Johnson and "My Firm Regard to Authenticity"
  • 6. Charles Burney's Handel Reconsidered
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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