Mapping Lives: The Uses Of Biography - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0197263186 ISBN 13 : 9780197263181

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2004

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, as old models of biographical writing were attacked and superseded, while critics and theorists questioned the once self-evident value of the biography of writers. Yet the genre continues to attract notable authors and is unfailingly popular with readers. The present volume, while containing essays by practising biographers, is intended primarily as a stimulus to critical thinking. It focuses on the diverse functions assumed by life-writing in different European countries at different periods, challenging both the notion of a genre with constant characteristics and aims and the view of modern biography as the happy culmination of centuries of progress.

Revue de presse :

Review from previous edition Absorbing and informative (Times Literary Supplement 30/08/02)

An impressive collection of essays, some by well-known practitioners (The Economist 13/12/02)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0197263186
• ISBN 13: 9780197263181
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360