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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Epstein, William H.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1987.
Collection:Anniversary Collection.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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