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Autore: | Hamilton Nigel |
Titolo: | Biography : a brief history / / Nigel Hamilton |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
Disciplina: | 907.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Biography as a literary form |
Biography - History | |
Classificazione: | EC 7419 |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | For 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biography |
ISBN: | 0-674-26426-6 |
0-674-03822-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820558703321 |
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