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The Arvon book of life writing : writing biography, autobiography and memoir /
Fascinating, wide-ranging, hugely knowledgeable - an indispensable guide and a beguiling education William Boyd Packed with insights and advice - just the inspiration to start writing! Jenny Uglow Everyone has a story This book shows how the best writers tell them, and offers advice on how to tell t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Methuen Drama,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Sally Cline''s previous books; Contents; Foreward
- Michael Holroyd; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Life writing; Reflections 1
- Carole Angier; 1. A note; 2. Alarums and invasions; 3. Ethics and legality; 4. Truth and objectivity; 5. Art and evidence; Reflections 2
- Sally Cline; 1. Reflections on the role of a life writer; 2. Reflections on myth and memory; 3. Reflections on truth; 4. Reflections on telling stories, telling facts; Tradition; Biography
- Carole Angier; Beginnings; Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The seventeenth century.
- The early eighteenth centuryThe eighteenth century: the arrival of modern biography; Victorian blight; The early twentieth century; Between the wars; The post-war period; Biography in fiction
- Carole Angier; Autobiography
- Sally Cline; What is autobiography?; Why do people write autobiographies?; Where to start; History and development of contemporary autobiographies; Are all autobiographies written by their subjects?; Autobiographical writing in other genres
- Sally Cline; Changes; Autobiographical novels; Autobiography in creative non-fiction; Autobiographical poetry; Exploitation.
- Memoir 1
- Carole AngierTravel and adventure; War and Holocaust; Frauds, fakes and fiction; Memoir 2
- Sally Cline; What distinguishes memoir from autobiography?; Types of memoirs; Family and childhood memoirs; Misery memoirs; Illness; Diaries, blogs, twitters
- Carole Angier; Part 2: Tips and tales; Guest contributions ; Diana Athill; Alan Bennett; Alain de Botton; Jill Dawson; Millicent Dillon; Margaret Drabble; Geoff Dyer; Victoria Glendinning; Lyndall Gordon; Peter Hayter; Richard Holmes; Michael Holroyd; Kathryn Hughes; Diane Johnson; Hermione Lee; Andrew Lownie; Janet Malcolm.
- Alexander MastersNancy Milford; Blake Morrison; Andrew Morton; Clare Mulley; Jenni Murray; Nicholas Murray; Kristina Olsson; Marion Elizabeth Rodgers; Meryle Secrest; Miranda Seymour; Frances Spalding; Hilary Spurling; Boyd Tonkin; Edmund White; Part 3: Write on; Planning; Important general points for all life writers; 1. Planning a biography; 2. Planning a memoir; 3. Planning an autobiography; 4. When you have decided on your biography, memoir or autobiography; Planning your writing
- all genres; Research; A. Where to go; B. What to do; C. Other things to do in the research period.
- D. Interviewing for all the genresE. The last thing to think about before writing; Writing; Where to start; Managing time in all the genres; Viewpoint in biography; Truth in biography; Truth in autobiography and memoir; Ethics in all the genres; How to manage balance; How to manage fictional techniques; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Address list; Bibliography; arvon; Index.