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Epstein, William H.

Recognizing Biography / William H. Epstein. - 1 online resource (242 p.) - Anniversary Collection .

Frontmatter -- Content -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Recognizing Biography -- 2. Altering the Life-Text: Walton's Life of Donne -- 3. Recognizing the Life-Text -- 4. Patronizing the Biographical Subject: Johnson's Life of Savage -- 5. Recognizing the Biographical Subject -- 6. Recognizing the Biographer: Boswell's Life of Johnson -- 7. Recognizing the Life-course: Strachey's Eminent Victorians -- Notes -- Index

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Epstein's narrative interweaves interpretive and theoretical chapters as it emplots the discourse of English biography from Walton to Strachey. In this way familiar generic relationships between biographer, subject, life, text, falsehood, and readership are analyzed in specific (if constantly shifting) historical, literary, cultural, and economic texts.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780812280814 9781512801880

Standard No.: 10.9783/9781512801880 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature.

Subjects--Index Terms: Cultural Studies. Literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 820/.9492