English Biography in the Eighteenth Century /

The growth and maturity of Life-writing, especially in the works of Johnson and Boswell, with an incidental picture of the times.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Longaker, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Biography as a literary form.
Literary form > History > 18th century.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Genres littéraires > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
biographies (literary works)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
English literature.
Literary form.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • I. INTRODUCTORY: LIFE-WRITING BEFORE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  • II. THE INFLUENCES WHICH MADE POSSIBLE THE MODERN CONCEPTION OF BIOGRAPHY
  • III. THE GROWTH OF REALISM IN THE PAMPHLET-LIVES, THE COLLECTED CHRONICLES OF CRIME, THE INTIMATE MEMOIRS, AND THE ROGUE-LIVES
  • IV. THE "PRIVATE LIFE" ELEMENT IN THE LIVES OF THE NORTHS
  • V. THE ADVANCE OF SCHOLARLY METHODS
  • VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOGRAPHICAL LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  • VII. THE METHODS OF WILLIAM MASON IN THE MEMOIRS OF GRAY AND THE MEMOIRS OF WHITEHEAD
  • VIII. JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS
  • IX. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
  • X. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, MEMOIRS AND COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES
  • INDEX

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