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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Hamilton, Nigel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Biography : A Brief History / Nigel Hamilton. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2010 1 online resource (360 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Biography as a literary form. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674024663 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674038226 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674038226 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674038226/original |
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