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Biography : a brief history /

For what purpose and for whom has biographical pursuit endured, and how does it play such a contested, popular role in contemporary Western culture, from biopics to blogs, memoirs to docudramas? Award-winning biographer Hamilton addresses these questions in an incisive and vivid narrative that will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Nigel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evolutionary biography
  • Hagiography
  • The renaissance of biography
  • Victorian pseudobiography
  • The early twentieth century
  • The rise of film
  • The people's war
  • Death of the author
  • New directions
  • Biography comes of age
  • Biography on trial
  • The miner's canary
  • Biography today.