| Description |
xii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Biographical Mania: Toward a Cultural History of Genre -- Ch. 1. Didactic Nationalism versus Johnsonian Theory, 1790-1830 -- Fables of Parson Weems -- Ch. 2. Representative Men and Women, 1820-1860 -- Two Readers Worlds -- Ch. 3. Truth and Tradition, Nation and Section, 1820-1860 -- Hawthorne, Sparks, and Biography at Midcentury -- Ch. 4. The Inner Man in the Literary Market, 1850-1880 -- James A. Garfield, Biography Reader and Biographical Subject -- Ch. 5. Publishers, Pantheons, and the Public, 1880-1900 -- Conclusion. The Dawn of Biography Is Breaking |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D--Yale University) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-425) and index |
| Subject |
Biography as a literary form.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Biography http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912 -- History and criticism.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140534
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| LC no. |
98022056 |
| ISBN |
0807824623 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807847658 paperback alkaline paper |
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