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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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1987.
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| Edice: | Anniversary Collection.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4v31c3 |
Obsah:
- 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