03238nam 2200829Ia 450 991097476720332120200520144314.0978067426426706742642669780674038226067403822310.4159/9780674038226(CKB)1000000000787175(OCoLC)436084464(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318438(SSID)ssj0000111845(PQKBManifestationID)11128801(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111845(PQKBWorkID)10080365(PQKB)10731626(SSID)ssj0001589117(PQKBManifestationID)16274911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001589117(PQKBWorkID)14872608(PQKB)11547751(MiAaPQ)EBC3300445(DE-B1597)457643(OCoLC)1013944808(OCoLC)1029812306(OCoLC)1032678415(OCoLC)1037975304(OCoLC)1041983484(OCoLC)1046612646(OCoLC)1046996126(OCoLC)979574799(DE-B1597)9780674038226(Au-PeEL)EBL3300445(CaPaEBR)ebr10318438(OCoLC)830512604(Perlego)1147963(EXLCZ)99100000000078717520060927d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBiography a brief history /Nigel HamiltonCambridge, MA Harvard University Press20071 online resource (358 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674024663 0674024664 9780674034716 0674034716 Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.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 -- IndexFor 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 appeal to students of human nature and self-representation across the arts and sciences.Biography as a literary formBiographyHistoryBiography as a literary form.BiographyHistory.907.2EC 7419rvkHamilton Nigel444102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974767203321Biography4362229UNINA