The art of literary biography
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"Excellent....It is the fact that biography shares two `homes'--the academy and the commercial market--that make it such a fruitful area for further scrutiny. The Art of Literary Biography points the way."--New Statesman and Society (UK)"A most attractive seminar on the art, or craft, of telling the story of story-tellers' existences."--The Observer"The best of these writers highlight what fun biography can be, and so shed light on a fascinating cultural phenomenon."--Financial Times"[A] sprightly collection of essays on the art of biography."--Sunday Times"[An] excellent book....The Art of Literary Biography offers an intriguing look at variety within the genre."--Isis
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`sprightly collection of essays'
Sunday Times
`deftly edited ... the collection as a whole is refreshingly free from the excesses of lit-crit gobbledegook.'
Literary Review
`excellent book of essays'
New Statesman and Society
'a most attractive seminar on the art, or craft, of telling the story of
The Art of Literary Biography | Oxford Academic
Secondary Lives: Biography in Context | The Art of Literary ...
- Is literary biography so widely read for popular, ‘prurient’ reasons, or for ‘reputable’ intellectual reasons?
The Art of Biography - Virginia Woolf - Google Books
- Always a popular genre, biography has become one of the most immediate and accessible modes of writing about literature and literary figures.
The Art of Literary Biography - ResearchGate
- This book examines such literary figures as Conrad, Lawrence, Huxley, Virginia Woolf, and the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Lord Rochester, while addressing the nature and form of literary.
A Life for a Life | The Art of Literary Biography | Oxford ...
The art of literary biography | Semantic Scholar
The art of literary biography by Batchelor, John - Open Library
- Always a popular genre, biography has become one of the most immediate and accessible modes of writing about literature and literary figures.
The Art of Literary Biography Hardcover -
| Always a popular genre, biography has become one of the most immediate and accessible modes of writing about literature and literary figures. | |
| This book examines such literary figures as Conrad, Lawrence, Huxley, Virginia Woolf, and the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Lord Rochester, while addressing the nature and form of literary. | |
| Is literary biography so widely read for popular, "prurient" reasons, or for reputable intellectual reasons? |