Principles of Biography (Classic Reprint): The Leslie Stephen Lecture Delivered in the Senate House, Cambridge, on 13 May 1911 - Couverture souple
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What makes a biography endure? A clear guide to the craft
This concise, thoughtful work traces the aims, methods, and limits of biography as a literary art. It contrasts biography with history, and explains how a biographer must balance subject matter with the way it is told to endure for future readers.
The author surveys principles that help a biography stand the test of time—from selecting worthy subjects to choosing a treatment that respects truth and personality. Through reflections on Plutarch, Boswell, and other pillars of the field, the book clarifies how to reveal character and achievement without resorting to mere praise or distraction.
- How to determine a fit theme that is serious, complete, and meaningful after the subject’s life ends.
- Why complete, well-structured storytelling matters more than length or sensational detail.
- How to use sources, perspective, and honest candour to capture personality.
- Where biography meets ethics, history, and science, and where it should keep to its own limits.
Ideal for readers of literary criticism, history, and biography, this edition offers a steady, practical framework for evaluating and writing biographical works.
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.
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Originally published in 1911. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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