English biography in the seventeenth century : a critical survey /

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"Although biography is one of today's most flourishing literary genres, its early history has attracted much less attention than that of other forms, a neglect that is especially apparent in the case of the formative period of English biography, the seventeenth century. This new work by Al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pritchard, Allan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2005.
Temas:
1500-1700
Geschichte 1600-1700.
Biography as a literary form.
English prose literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Prose anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
English prose literature > Early modern
Biography as a literary form
English prose literature
Biography
Biografie
Prosa
Biografieën.
England > Biography > History and criticism.
Angleterre > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
England
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The growth of biographical writing.
  • Lives of the Protestant saints.
  • Patterns in religious biography.
  • Izaak Walton's lives.
  • Lives of public figures.
  • Lives of writers: scientists and antiquaries.
  • Lives of the poets.
  • Brief lives: Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood.
  • Brief lives: John Aubrey.
  • Biography as family history.
  • Roger North: lives of the Norths.

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