Biography : a brief history / / Nigel Hamilton
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| Autore: |
Hamilton Nigel
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| Titolo: |
Biography : a brief history / / Nigel Hamilton
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| 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: | 9780674264267 |
| 0674264266 | |
| 9780674038226 | |
| 0674038223 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910974767203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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