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Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Essay on Biography written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Rollyson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595789536
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (957 download)
Download or read book Essays in Biography written by Carl Rollyson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-01-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in Biography is a play on words conveying Carl Rollyson's attempt to explore the nature of biography in pieces about the history of the genre and in portrayals of biographers (Plutarch, Leon Edel, and W. A. Swanberg), literary figures (Lillian Hellman, Jack London), philosophers and critics (Leo Strauss and Hippolyte Taine), political figures (Winston Churchill and Napoleon), and artists (Rembrandt and Rubens). An essay in biography, Rollyson argues, is an effort to comprehend a life that is inherently incomplete and subject to revision. Many of the facts about a biographical subject's life that are blandly presented in reference books have been discovered by biographers at great cost to their reputations. With the history of biography as a censored genre in mind, he encourages readers of biography to look critically at the biographies they read-no matter whether those biographies are book-length narratives or short encyclopedia entries. Many of the pairings in Essays in Biography are meant to evoke Plutarch's presentation of "parallel lives." The biographical essay, Rollyson concludes, is a unique form of knowledge, one that modern critics have devalued by trying to separate the creator from his creation.
Author : Thomas Carlyle
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Essay on Biography written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Thomas Carlyle
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Essay on Biography [with] Selected Biographical and Historical Sketches and Other Writings written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nikolai Berdyaev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Dream and Reality written by Nikolai Berdyaev and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily Jenkins
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 9780374383039
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (83 download)
Download or read book What Happens on Wednesdays written by Emily Jenkins and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A preschooler marks the progress of her day, not by the clock but by what happens after lunch, after nap, after swimming, after the library - and after Daddy comes home. She doesn't map her neighborhood by street signs, either. Her morning walk to see dogs in the park takes her past the cat outside the deli, past her friend Errolyn's building and the daycare where she used to go when she was little, and down the block to the bagel store. The sounds, tastes, smells, and sights of a multiethnic Brooklyn neighborhood, as seen through a child's eyes and captured with enchanting pictures by debut illustrator Lauren Castillo, will encourage children to make their own sensory maps and list the events in their daily schedules.
Author : James Field Stanfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book An Essay on the Study and Composition of Biography written by James Field Stanfield and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (637 download)
Download or read book Essay on biography, selected biographical and historical sketches and other writings written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Len Jenkin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805043950
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Secret Life of Billie's Uncle Myron written by Len Jenkin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because her rock star parents fail to give her enough attention, eleven-year-old Billie stows away in Uncle Myron's Cadillac and joins him in fantastic travels.
Author : Edward G. Lengel
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812969502
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book General George Washington written by Edward G. Lengel and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever written.” –Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellency: George Washington Based largely on George Washington’s personal papers, this engrossing book paints a vivid, factual portrait of Washington the soldier. An expert in military history, Edward Lengel demonstrates that the “secret” to Washington’s excellence lay in his completeness, in how he united the military, political, and personal skills necessary to lead a nation in war and peace. Despite being an “imperfect commander”–and at times even a tactically suspect one–Washington nevertheless possessed the requisite combination of vision, integrity, talents, and good fortune to lead America to victory in its war for independence. At once informative and engaging, and filled with some eye-opening revelations about Washington, the American Revolution, and the very nature of military command, General George Washington is a book that reintroduces readers to a figure many think they already know. “The book’s balanced assessment of Washington is satisfying and thought-provoking. Lengel gives us a believable Washington . . . the most admired man of his generation by far.” –The Washington Post Book World “A compelling picture of a man who was ‘the archetypal American soldier’ . . . The sum of his parts was the greatness of Washington.” –The Boston Globe “[An] excellent book . . . fresh insights . . . If you have room on your bookshelf for only one book on the Revolution, this may be it.” –The Washington Times
Author : Laurence L. Bongie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226064215
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Sade written by Laurence L. Bongie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained in recent years a widely acclaimed position in the canon of world literature. Sade himself, at one time discussed in horrified whispers, is now often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights, a giant of philosophical thought, and a martyr to freedom of conscience. In Sade: A Biographical Essay, Laurence Bongie puts these claims to a severe test and finds them unfounded and undeserved.
Author : Peter Bayne
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Total Pages : 444 pages
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Download or read book Essays in Biography and Criticism written by Peter Bayne and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Olney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400856310
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Autobiography written by James Olney and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Olney gathers together in this book some of the best and most important writings on autobiography produced in the past two decades. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377690636
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Essay on Biography: Selected Biographical and Historical Sketches, and Other Writings written by Anonymous and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 218 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 : Joan Aiken
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553522205
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)
Download or read book The Wolves of Willoughby Chase written by Joan Aiken and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease. With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?
Author : Alexander Chee
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328764419
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)
Download or read book How To Write An Autobiographical Novel written by Alexander Chee and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher's Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores how we form identities in life and in art. As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incendiary” by the New York Times, and "brilliant" by the Washington Post. With his first collection of nonfiction, he’s sure to secure his place as one of the finest essayists of his generation as well. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckons with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a lover, and a friend. He examines some of the most formative experiences of his life and the nation’s history, including his father’s death, the AIDS crisis, 9/11, the jobs that supported his writing — Tarot-reading, bookselling, cater-waiting for William F. Buckley — the writing of his first novel, Edinburgh, and the election of Donald Trump. By turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack. Named a Best Book by: Time, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed, New York Public Library, Boston Globe, Paris Review, Mother Jones,The A.V. Club, Out Magazine, Book Riot, Electric Literature, PopSugar, The Rumpus, My Republica, Paste, Bitch, Library Journal, Flavorwire, Bustle, Christian Science Monitor, Shelf Awareness, Tor.com, Entertainment Cheat Sheet, Roads and Kingdoms, Chicago Public Library, Hyphen Magazine, Entropy Magazine, Chicago Review of Books, The Coil, iBooks, and Washington Independent Review of Books Winner of the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction * Recipient of the Lambda Literary Trustees' Award * Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography
Author : Mary Oliver
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143130080
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Upstream written by Mary Oliver and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. “There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language . . .” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Uniting essays from Oliver’s previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poet’s thoughts on the natural, spiritual and artistic worlds . . .” —The New York Times “In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood “friend” Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, “a place to enter, and in which to feel,” and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. As she writes, “I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.” Upstream follows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from Shelley, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, and Frost, the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. Throughout this collection, Oliver positions not just herself upstream but us as well as she encourages us all to keep moving, to lose ourselves in the awe of the unknown, and to give power and time to the creative and whimsical urges that live within us.
