LEADER 02597nam 2200541 450 001 9910463977603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-8382-5995-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000547980 035 $a(EBL)3029480 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001466729 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11831236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001466729 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11487940 035 $a(PQKB)10223961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2056687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5781817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5781817 035 $a(OCoLC)903956589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000547980 100 $a20190619d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe biographer and the subject $ea study on biographical distance /$fRana Tekcan 210 1$aStuttgart :$cIbidem Verlag,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in English literatures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-89821-995-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Eating and Drinking with the Subject: Johnsona???s Life of Savage and Boswella???s Life of Johnson""; ""2 Judas and The Frog Prince: Stracheya???s Eminent Victorians and Holroyda???s Lytton Strachey""; ""3 Too Far For Comfort: Honana???s Jane Austen, Her Life and Motiona???s Keats""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aA good biography is a well-staged illusion. It creates -- on paper -- a vivid, rounded, and immediate sense of lived life. In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in the creative act. Ideally, a biography's backbone is formed by accurate historical facts. But its soul lies elsewhere. Since the concern is life, something more is needed: Nothing dry, cold or dead, but a vibrant impression of life that is left in the air after one turns over the last page. But how does a biographer do it? The way a biographer creates a subject is lar 410 0$aStudies in English literatures. 606 $aBiography as a literary form 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 676 $a808.06692 700 $aTekcan$b Rana$0953588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463977603321 996 $aThe biographer and the subject$92156146 997 $aUNINA