Biography / Alan Shelston.

By:

Shelston, Alan

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Critical idiom ; no. 34Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: London : Methuen ; New York : distributed by Harper & Row, 1977.Description: 82 p. ; 19 cmISBN:

9781032031309

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.066 SHE

LOC classification:

CT21 .S44

Contents:

General Editor’s Preface; Prefatory note; 1 Some problems of the form 2 Exemplum and anecdote 3 Author and subject 4 Public legends: private lives 5 Truth of fact and truth of fiction; Bibliography; Index

Summary: First published in 1977, this book explores biography in the post-Renaissance period and investigates some of the problems implicit in this literary form. The introduction considers various aspects of biographical theory as expressed by practitioners and critics. The rest of the book is a detailed examination of specific works placed in chronological context — reflecting the author’s assertion that a work of biography is inseparable from the intellectual and cultural precepts of its age. Amongst the works examined are: Plutarch’s Lives, Aubrey’s Brief Lives, Boswell’s Life of Johnson, and Johnson’s Life of Savage. This book will be of interest to students of literature and cultural history.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	808.066 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47431

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [75]-77.

First published in 1977, this book explores biography in the post-Renaissance period and investigates some of the problems implicit in this literary form. The introduction considers various aspects of biographical theory as expressed by practitioners and critics. The rest of the book is a detailed examination of specific works placed in chronological context — reflecting the author’s assertion that a work of biography is inseparable from the intellectual and cultural precepts of its age. Amongst the works examined are: Plutarch’s Lives, Aubrey’s Brief Lives, Boswell’s Life of Johnson, and Johnson’s Life of Savage. This book will be of interest to students of literature and cultural history.

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