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Author : Joseph Gillow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Literary and Biographical History, Or Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics written by Joseph Gillow and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adrian Marino
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791428931
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book The Biography of "the Idea of Literature" written by Adrian Marino and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of the meaning, history, and evolution of the basic notion of "literature" from antiquity to the seventeenth century.
Author : C. D. Rose
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 161219379X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure written by C. D. Rose and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A darkly comic, satirical reference book about writers who never made it into the literary canon A signal event of literary scholarship, The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure compiles the biographies of history’s most notable cases of a complete lack of literary success. As such, it is the world’s leading authority on the subject. Compiled in one volume by C. D. Rose, a well-educated person universally acknowledged in parts of England as the world’s pre-eminent expert on inexpert writers, the book culls its information from lost or otherwise ignored archives scattered around the globe, as well as the occasional dustbin. The dictionary amounts to a monumental accomplishment: the definitive appreciation of history’s least accomplished writers. Thus immortalized beyond deserving and rescued from hard-earned obscurity, the authors presented in this historic volume comprise a who’s who of the talentless and deluded, their stories timeless litanies of abject psychosis, misapplication, and delinquency. It is, in short, a treasure.
Author : Scott E. Casper
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469649047
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Constructing American Lives written by Scott E. Casper and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's identity. In an age predating radio and television, biography was not simply a genre of writing, says Scott Casper; it was the medium that allowed people to learn about public figures and peer into the lives of strangers. In this pioneering study, Casper examines how Americans wrote, published, and read biographies and how their conceptions of the genre changed over the course of a century. Campaign biographies, memoirs of pious women, patriotic narratives of eminent statesmen, "mug books" that collected the lives of ordinary midwestern farmers--all were labeled "biography," however disparate their contents and the contexts of their creation, publication, and dissemination. Analyzing debates over how these diverse biographies should be written and read, Casper reveals larger disputes over the meaning of character, the definition of American history, and the place of American literary practices in a transatlantic world of letters. As much a personal experience as a literary genre, biography helped Americans imagine their own lives as well as the ones about which they wrote and read.
Author : Hans Renders
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315469553
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book The Biographical Turn written by Hans Renders and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biographical Turn showcases the latest research through which the field of biography is being explored. Fifteen leading scholars in the field present the biographical perspective as a scholarly research methodology, investigating the consequences of this bottom-up approach and illuminating its value for different disciplines. While biography has been on the rise in academia since the 1980s, this volume highlights the theoretical implications of the biographical turn that is changing the humanities. Chapters cover subjects such as gender, religion, race, new media and microhistory, presenting biography as as a research methodology suited not only for historians but also for explorations in areas including literature studies, sociology, economics and politics. By emphasizing agency, the use of primary sources and the critical analysis of context and historiography, this book demonstrates how biography can function as a scholarly methodology for a wide range of topics and fields of research. International in scope, The Biographical Turn emphasizes that the individual can have a lasting impact on the past and that lives that are now forgotten can be as important for the historical narrative as the biographies of kings and presidents. It is a valuable resource for all students of biography, history and historical theory.
Author : Carol Ueland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793618305
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Literary Biographies in The Lives of Remarkable People Series in Russia written by Carol Ueland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Russian biography series, The Lives of Remarkable People, has played a significant role in Russian culture from its inception in 1890 until today. The longest running biography series in world literature, it spans three centuries and widely divergent political and cultural epochs: Imperial, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia. The authors argue that the treatment of biographical figures in the series is a case study for continuities and changes in Russian national identity over time. Biography in Russia and elsewhere remains a most influential literary genre and the distinctive approach and branding of the series has made it the economic engine of its publisher, Molodaia gvardiia. The centrality of biographies of major literary figures in the series reflects their heightened importance in Russian culture. The contributors examine the ways that biographies of Russia's foremost writers shaped the literary canon while mirroring the political and social realities of both the subjects’ and their biographers' times. Starting with Alexander Pushkin and ending with Joseph Brodsky, the authors analyze the interplay of research and imagination in biographical narrative, the changing perceptions of what constitutes literary greatness, and the subversive possibilities of biography during eras of political censorship.
Author : George Henry Lewes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Biographical History of Philosophy written by George Henry Lewes and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Gillow
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341688140
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (881 download)
Download or read book A Literary and Biographical History, Or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics from the Breach with Rome, in 1534, to the Present Time Volume 4 written by Joseph Gillow and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Mark Edwards
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198149378
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Portraits written by Mark Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays illustrates the growth of interest in the representation of individuals, which resulted from the changed environment within which Greek and Latin authors worked in late antiquity. The subjects all fall within the period of the Roman empire, and illustrate the importance of individual personality in literature for an age in which few individuals could hope to achieve political significance.
Author : Lloyd E. Ambrosius
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803210660
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Writing Biography written by Lloyd E. Ambrosius and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historian as biographer must resolve questions that reflect the dual challenge of telling history and telling lives: How does the biographer sort out the individual?s role within the larger historical context? How do biographical studies relate to other forms of history? Should historians use different approaches to biography, depending on the cultures of their subjects? What are the appropriate primary sources and techniques that scholars should use in writing biographies in their respective fields? In Writing Biography, six prominent historians address these issues and reflect on their varied experiences and divergent perspectives as biographers. Shirley A. Leckie examines the psychological and personal connections between biographer and subject; R. Keith Schoppa considers the pervasive effect of culture on the recognition of individuality and the presentation of a life; Retha M. Warnicke explores past context and modern cultural biases in writing the biographies of Tudor women; John Milton Cooper Jr. discusses the challenges of writing modern biographies and the interplay of the biographer?s own experiences; Nell Irvin Painter looks at the process of reconstructing a life when written documents are scant; and Robert J. Richards investigates the intimate relationship between life experiences and new ideas. Despite their broad range of perspectives, all six scholars agree on two central points: biography and historical analysis are inextricably linked, and biographical studies offer an important tool for analyzing historical questions.
Author : Hans Renders
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315469561
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book The Biographical Turn written by Hans Renders and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biographical Turn showcases the latest research through which the field of biography is being explored. Fifteen leading scholars in the field present the biographical perspective as a scholarly research methodology, investigating the consequences of this bottom-up approach and illuminating its value for different disciplines. While biography has been on the rise in academia since the 1980s, this volume highlights the theoretical implications of the biographical turn that is changing the humanities. Chapters cover subjects such as gender, religion, race, new media and microhistory, presenting biography as as a research methodology suited not only for historians but also for explorations in areas including literature studies, sociology, economics and politics. By emphasizing agency, the use of primary sources and the critical analysis of context and historiography, this book demonstrates how biography can function as a scholarly methodology for a wide range of topics and fields of research. International in scope, The Biographical Turn emphasizes that the individual can have a lasting impact on the past and that lives that are now forgotten can be as important for the historical narrative as the biographies of kings and presidents. It is a valuable resource for all students of biography, history and historical theory.
Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Library of the World's Best Literature: Biographical dictionary written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Gillow
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781345648201
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (482 download)
Download or read book A Literary and Biographical History, Or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics from the Breach with Rome, in 1534, to the Present Time Volume 4 written by Joseph Gillow and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Scott Donaldson
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271067047
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Impossible Craft written by Scott Donaldson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Impossible Craft, Scott Donaldson explores the rocky territory of literary biography, the most difficult that biographers try to navigate. Writers are accustomed to controlling the narrative, and notoriously opposed to allowing intruders on their turf. They make bonfires of their papers, encourage others to destroy correspondence, write their own autobiographies, and appoint family or friends to protect their reputations as official biographers. Thomas Hardy went so far as to compose his own life story to be published after his death, while falsely assigning authorship to his widow. After a brief background sketch of the history of biography from Greco-Roman times to the present, Donaldson recounts his experiences in writing biographies of a broad range of twentieth-century American writers: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Archibald MacLeish, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Winfield Townley Scott, and Charlie Fenton. Donaldson provides readers with a highly readable insiders’ introduction to literary biography. He suggests how to conduct interviews, and what not to do during the process. He offers sound advice about how closely biographers should identify with their subjects. He examines the ethical obligations of the biographer, who must aim for the truth without unduly or unnecessarily causing discomfort or worse to survivors. He shows us why and how misinformation comes into existence and tends to persist over time. He describes “the mythical ideal biographer,” an imaginary creature of universal intelligence and myriad talents beyond the reach of any single human being. And he suggests how its very impossibility makes the goal of writing a biography that captures the personality of an author a challenge well worth pursuing.
Author : William Francis Collier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (953 download)
Download or read book A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches written by William Francis Collier and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Hamilton
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571281680
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Keepers of the Flame written by Ian Hamilton and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary biography is an endlessly fascinating form, not least because of the fierce controversies that attend the question of how much of a writer's real life ought to be related to readers. Ian Hamilton, a first-rate biographer who encountering his share of adversity in writing the life of J.D. Salinger, is the perfect chronicler of such controversies in this brilliant study, first published in 1992, which charts the course of literary biography from Donne and Shakespeare to Plath and Larkin.'Such a compelling read.' Antonia Fraser, Times'Lively and informative, powerfully and humorously written.' Anthony Burgess, Observer'Surely the funniest book ever written on the doom-laden issue of posthumous literary fame.' Jonathan Keates, Independent
Author : John W. Cousin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature written by John W. Cousin and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
