Biography : : A Brief History / / Nigel Hamilton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Hamilton, Nigel,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Prologue --; 1. Evolutionary Biography --; 2. Hagiography --; 3. The Renaissance of Biography --; 4. Victorian Pseudobiography --; 5. The Early Twentieth Century --; 6. The Rise of Film --; 7. The People's War --; 8. Death of the Author --; 9. New Directions --; 10. Biography Comes of Age --; 11. Biography on Trial --; 12. The Miner's Canary --; 13. Biography Today --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674038226; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674038226
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nigel Hamilton.

For what purpose and for whom has biographical pursuit endured, and how does it play such a contested, popular role in contemporary Western culture, from biopics to blogs, memoirs to docudramas? Award-winning biographer Hamilton addresses these questions in an incisive and vivid narrative that will appeal to students of human nature and self-representation across the arts and sciences.