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The biographer and the subject : a study on biographical distance /
A good biography is a well-staged illusion. It creates -- on paper -- a vivid, rounded, and immediate sense of lived life. In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in the creative act. Ideally, a biography's backbone is formed by ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart, Germany :
Ibidem-Verlag,
2014.
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| Colección: | Studies in English literatures ;
Volume 15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A good biography is a well-staged illusion. It creates -- on paper -- a vivid, rounded, and immediate sense of lived life. In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in the creative act. Ideally, a biography's backbone is formed by accurate historical facts. But its soul lies elsewhere. Since the concern is life, something more is needed: Nothing dry, cold or dead, but a vibrant impression of life that is left in the air after one turns over the last page. But how does a biographer do it? The way a biographer creates a subject is lar. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783838259956 3838259955 |
| ISSN: | 1614-4651 ; 1614-4651 |