| Description |
1 online resource (165 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in English literatures, 1614-4651 ; volume 15 |
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Studies in English literatures ; volume 15.
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Eating and Drinking with the Subject: Johnson's Life of Savage and Boswell's Life of Johnson; 2 Judas and The Frog Prince: Strachey's Eminent Victorians and Holroyd's Lytton Strachey; 3 Too Far For Comfort: Honan's Jane Austen, Her Life and Motion's Keats; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A good biography is a well-staged illusion. It createson papera 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 largely d |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biography as a literary form.
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Authors, English -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Biographies as Topic
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biographies (literary works)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, English -- Biography.
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Biography as a literary form.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783838259956 |
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3838259955 |
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