1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455374103321

Autore

Hamilton Nigel

Titolo

How to do biography [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / Nigel Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-03821-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 pages.)

Disciplina

808/.06692

Soggetti

Biography as a literary form

Biography - Research - Methodology

Autobiography - Authorship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Getting Started -- 1. The Task of Biography -- 2. What Is Your Agenda? -- 3. Defining Your Audience -- 4. Researching Your Subject -- 5. The Shape of a Life -- II. Composing a Life-Story -- 6. The Starting Point -- 7. Birthing Your Subject -- 8. Childhood and Youth -- 9. Love Stories -- 10. Life’s Work -- 11. The Twilight Years -- 12. Ending Your Story -- III. Variations on a Theme -- 13. Autobiography and Memoirs -- 14. Memoir -- 15. Truth—and Its Consequences -- 16. The Afterlife -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Following his recent Biography: A Brief History (from Harvard), award-winning biographer and teacher Nigel Hamilton tackles the practicalities of doing biography in the first succinct primer to elucidate the tools of the biographer's craft.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480564203321

Autore

Stoner Jo

Titolo

The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity / / Jo Stoner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2019

ISBN

90-04-39106-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Collana

Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

937/.06

Soggetti

Classical antiquities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Heirloom Objects in Late Antiquity -- Gifts in Late Antiquity -- Souvenirs in Late Antiquity -- Case Study: Baskets in Late Antiquity -- Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Late Antique Archaeology.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, Jo Stoner investigates the role of domestic material culture in Late Antiquity. Using archaeological, visual and textual evidence from across the Roman Empire, the personal meanings of late antique possessions are revealed through reference to theoretical approaches including object biography. Heirlooms, souvenirs, and gift objects are discussed in terms of sentimental value, before the book culminates in a case study reassessing baskets as an artefact type. This volume succeeds in demonstrating personal scales of value for artefacts, moving away from the focus on economic and social status that dominate studies in this field. It thus represents a new interpretation of domestic material culture from Late Antiquity, revealing how objects transformed houses into homes during this period.