Recognizing biography /

Epstein's narrative interweaves interpretive and theoretical chapters as it emplots the discourse of English biography from Walton to Strachey. In this way familiar generic relationships between biographer, subject, life, text, falsehood, and readership are analyzed in specific (if constantly s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Epstein, William H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1987.
Series:Anniversary Collection.
Subjects:
English prose literature > History and criticism.
Biography as a literary form.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Prose anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
Biography as a literary form
English prose literature
Biografieën.
Engels.
Biographie (genre littéraire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Recognizing Biography
  • 2. Altering the Life-Text: Walton's Life of Donne
  • 3. Recognizing the Life-Text
  • 4. Patronizing the Biographical Subject: Johnson's Life of Savage
  • 5. Recognizing the Biographical Subject
  • 6. Recognizing the Biographer: Boswell's Life of Johnson
  • 7. Recognizing the Life-course: Strachey's Eminent Victorians
  • Notes
  • Index

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