Love among the archives : writing the lives of Sir George Scharf, Victorian bachelor /

Two Literary Critics Romancing the Archive at London's National Portrait Gallery. WINNER of the 2016 NAVSA Book of the Year Part biography, part detective novel, part love story, and part meditation on archival research, Love Among the Archives is an experiment in writing a life. This is the st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michie, Helena (Author), Warhol, Robyn R. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ©2015.
Series:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1bgzcxp
Table of Contents:
  • Love Among the Archives; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A vita for Sir George Scharf (GS); 1 Introduction: adventures in the archives; 2 Reading for romance: the marriage plot; 3 Reading for differentiation: the family romance plot; 4 Reading for success: the professional plot; Coda: our archivist, ourselves; Notes; Works Cited; Index.