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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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