Biography : : A Brief History / / 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...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Illustrations --   |t Prologue --   |t 1. Evolutionary Biography --   |t 2. Hagiography --   |t 3. The Renaissance of Biography --   |t 4. Victorian Pseudobiography --   |t 5. The Early Twentieth Century --   |t 6. The Rise of Film --   |t 7. The People's War --   |t 8. Death of the Author --   |t 9. New Directions --   |t 10. Biography Comes of Age --   |t 11. Biography on Trial --   |t 12. The Miner's Canary --   |t 13. Biography Today --   |t Epilogue --   |t Notes --   |t Bibliography --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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