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Books on: biography as a literary form

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Men of Letters, Writing Lives: Masculinity and Literary Auto/Biography in the Late-Victorian Period

Book by Trev Lynn Broughton; Routledge, 1999

Subjects:

Authors, English--19th Century--Biography--History And Criticism, Autobiography, Biography As A Literary Form, English Prose Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, English Prose Literature--Male Authors--History And Criticism, Froude, James Anthony--1818-1894, Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Historiography, Male Authors, English--Biography--History And Criticism, Masculinity In Literature, Men In Literature, Stephen, Leslie--Sir--1832-1904

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic...Lives: masculinity and literary auto/biography in the late Victorian...English 19th century Biography History and criticism...7. Biography as a literary form. 8. Masculinity...
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Lives out of Letters: Essays on American Literary Biography and Documentation in Honor of Robert N. Hudspeth

Book by Robert D. Habich; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004

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American Prose Literature--History And Criticism, Authors, American--Biography--History And Criticism, Biography As A Literary Form, Hudspeth, Robert N

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Data Lives out of letters : essays on American literary biography and documentation in honor of Robert N. Hudspeth...prose literature-History and criticism. 3. Biography as a literary form. I. Hudspeth, Robert N. II. Habich, Robert...
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Literary Biography: The Alexander Lectures 1955-56

Book by Leon Edel; University of Toronto Press, 1957

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Biography As A Literary Form

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...that these be devoted entirely to the question of biography--literary biography. It seemed to me that this branch of biography...effort to encompass and recreate the life of a major literary figure--Henry James--would permit me to draw...
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Neo-Slave Narratives: Studies in the Social Logic of a Literary Form

Book by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Fiction, Influence (Literary, Artistic, Etc.), Literary Form, Literature And Society--United States--History--20th Century, Slavery In Literature, Slaves' Writings, American--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Since the specific form that names take are...in Slavery and the Literary Imagination , ed. McDowell...the First Person: The Literary Confessions of Nat Turner...Magazine of History and Biography 97 1989 : 419-44...theorists attitudes towards literary form, see Madhu Dubey...
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The Literary Genres of Edmund Burke: The Political Uses of Literary Form

Book by Frans De Bruyn; Oxford University, 1996

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Burke, Edmund--1729-1797--Contributions In Political Science, Burke, Edmund--1729-1797--Technique, Literary Form, Political Science--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Politics And Literature--Great Britain--History--18th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Dunciad , in Eugene McNamara ed. , The Interior Landscape: The Literary Criticism of Marshall McLuhan 1943-1962 . New York, 1969...1987. OBRIEN CONOR CRUISE, The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke . Chicago, 1992...

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Journal Articles on: biography as a literary form

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Michael Benton. Literary Biography: An Introduction

Journal article by Kathryn Hughes; Biography, Vol. 33, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Literary Biography: An Introduction (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the moment that literary studies encountered...in comparative biography. In a particularly...description of Victorian biographies as being marked...imaginative way of doing biography from "the inside...tries to find a form of representation...suggests two key biographies for each of twenty...Michael Bentons Literary Biography: An Introduction...
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Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography

Journal article by Sandra E. Bowen; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 92, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Hopkins: A Literary Biography. by Sandra E. Bowen...Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography. Athens...recent African American literary history." Hanna Wallinger...black political and literary arena as led by Booker...social criticism in the form of plays, short stories...
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The Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1950-1975, Vol. 289

Journal article by Carole Ferrier; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 22, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1950-1975, vol. 289 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers...Ferrier The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 289...of the Dictionary of Literary Biography purports to...picture of Australian literary production in the period...he sees feminism as a form of ideological commitment...
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Building a Bridge of Words: The Literary Autobiography as Historical Source Material

Journal article by Jennifer Jensen Wallach; Biography, Vol. 29, 2006

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Autobiographies--Evaluation, Autobiographies--Usage, Historical research--Methods, Literary form--Evaluation, Literary forms--Evaluation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...pay off in the form of a richer...that due to the literary techniques it...or words. The literary memoirist might...Childhood: The Biography of a Place...feelings take the form of regional pride...Childhood: The Biography of a Place...Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction...
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Rosalia Baena, Ed.: Transculturing Auto/Biography: Forms of Life Writing

Journal article by Marlene Kadar; Biography, Vol. 31, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Transculturing Auto/Biography: Forms of Life Writing (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Transculturing Auto/Biography: Forms of Life Writing. by...Transculturing Auto/Biography: Forms of Life Writing. London...crucial significance of form in life writing, and...that come with their own literary and ideological expectations...diversity of life writing forms. Following on Janice...

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Magazine Articles on: biography as a literary form

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Absolutely Ripping: As the Biography of an Elusive Literary Type Is Published, William Cook Eavesdrops on a Remarkable Conversation

Magazine article by William Cook; New Statesman, Vol. 133, September 20, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Wodehouse: A Life (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...eminently readable biography of one of our foremost...Oh, I see. Literary cove. Know the type...The subject of this biography was a most abstemious...like all the best biographies, it also doubles as...not, sir. He is the literary editor of a periodical...digestible dialogue form, so that you may confidently...
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The Character of God: Recovering the Lost Literary Power of American Protestantism

Magazine article by Gregory Wolfe; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 1999

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Books--Reviews, The Character of God: Recovering the Lost Literary Power of American Protestantism (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...concrete and often complex literary forms of the Bible. One of...well as truthful. If literary form is important to the...host of theologians and literary critics focus their...cites Jack Miles God: A Biography with approval, revealing...
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The Rebirth of the NYRB: The Highbrow Literary Magazine Has Re-emerged as a Combative Political Actor

Magazine article by Scott Sherman; The Nation, Vol. 278, June 7, 2004

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Bush, George W.--Media coverage, Intellectuals--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Iraq War, 2003--Media coverage, Judt, Tony--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Judt, Tony--Works, Literary magazines--Criticism and interpretation, Literary magazines--History, Literary magazines--Management, Literary newspapers and periodicals--Criticism and interpretation, Literary newspapers and periodicals--History, Literary newspapers and periodicals--Management, Mailer, Norman--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mailer, Norman--Works, Military policy--Media coverage, Political journalism--Criticism and interpretation, Political journalism--Demographic aspects, Political journalism--History, The New York Review of Books (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, The New York Review of Books (Periodical)--History, The New York Review of Books (Periodical)--Management, War--Analysis, War--Media coverage, Wartime press--Analysis

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...virtually all serious literary and political journals...FitzGerald, Ian Buruma), literary stars (Joan Didion...most welcome return to form. By forcefully articulating...routinely published his literary criticism but have rejected...Kaplans Gore Vidal: A Biography. The Review, Vidal...
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The Trials of an Unquiet Heart: Saint Augustine's Confessions Is Often Regarded as the First Autobiography, but It Is Far Better Read as a Drama of Sin and Salvation, a Literary Text Rich in Symbolism

Magazine article by Garry Wills; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 140, April 18, 2011

Subjects:

Augustine of Hippo, Saint--Works, Augustine's Confessions: A Biography (Biography)--Excerpts, Autobiographies--Authorship, Confessiones (Theological work)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to God ... Augustine invented a form and style unique in his own oeuvre...long prayer, perhaps the longest literary prayer among the great books of the...from "Augustine s Confessions: a Biography " by Garry Wills (Princeton University...
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Musings of a Minimalist: Called a Writer's Writer by Literary Greats, Augusto Monterroso Reveals, in Mini-Masterpieces, the Precarious and Humorous Condition of Humankind

Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, January 2002

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Authors, Latin American--Biography, Authorship--Technique, Monterroso, Augusto--Biography, Political activists--Biography, Social classes--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...lectures as evidence of his literary acumen. Among his students...circle and becomes mired in literary minutiae as a Unamuno specialist...presided over by a God in equine form offends good taste and elementary...they would think of him in the form of a rider." Just as Monterroso...

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Newspaper Articles on: biography as a literary form

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LONG-LOST LETTERS OF A GREAT POET; Only Now, Nearly 45 Years after His Death, Is the True Breadth and Scale of T.S. Eliot's Literary Legacy Becoming Apparent to a Larger Readership -- Thanks to a New Initiative from His Publisher; BOOK OF THE WEEK

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 5, 2009

Subjects:

Eliot, T.S., Poets, Publishing industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...books, managing his literary estate. To Valerie...wish that there be no biography authorised. A good...without the influence on literary culture it could have...who has ever tried any form of literary editorship. Despite...
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Confessions of a Booker Judge; (and Why a Largely Unknown Writer Is Challenging Zadie, Barnes and Ishiguro) after Years of Criticising Booker Prize Awards, Our Literary Editor Finds That Things Look Less Clear When You Are One of the Judges

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 19, 2005

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Barry, Sebastian, Booker Prize

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Booker Prize Awards, Our Literary Editor Finds That Things...freely admitted to be a form of biography rather than fiction...British Army, in the form of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers...imagery, presented in the form of straightforward simile...
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Defending Literary Criticism; Sorting the Good, the Bad and the Overly Long

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 24, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...yet another Waugh biography, this time more than...received two-volume biography. Most of the biographies Ms. Allen reviewed...tired: Hermione Lees biography of Virginia Woolf...background and astute literary judgment with a dash...side. "As an art form it requires a fine...
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Memories Are Literary Gold Dust; an Unexpected Legacy from Her Father Gave Award-Winning Novelist Berlie Doherty the Chance to Celebrate His Life

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 25, 2008

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Doherty, Berlie

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Memories Are Literary Gold Dust; an Unexpected...was far from all the literary gems that her father...fathers story being literary gold-dust, it was...social document nor a biography aimed at my family...refuge. In it they form a daring plot to help...
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Confident, Bullish Clegg Makes Spirited Defence of Coalition against Accusations of Having Sold out; DAVID WILLIAMSON LOOKS AT LIB-DEM LEADER NICK CLEGG'S PERFORMANCE AT THE HAY-ON-WYE LITERARY FESTIVAL WHERE HE INSISTED HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A 'PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL'

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 7, 2010

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Clegg, Nick

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...defended the decision to form a ground-breaking...at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival yesterday he...the Oxfam stand at the literary festival. He donated...at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival came as Britain...his part-fiction, biography and travelogue book...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: biography as a literary form

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Biography

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the few secular biographies produced in that...Development of Biography as a Literary Form By the 18th cent. literary biography (works...first definitive biography. This monumental...the avalanche of biographies and autobiographies...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...were a popular form of polite literature...most celebrated literary circle in history...Boswell , whose biography of Johnson is...and helped to form mid-18th...infected every literary genre of the...called for new forms, typified by...American and English literary history. Its...in narrative form, the treatment...
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Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...throughout his works. Jensen created a distinctive literary form in his "myths," brief prose tales with an element...was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature. See biography by S. Rossel (1984...
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Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, Seigneur De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Montaigne was one of the greatest masters of the essay as a literary form. Born at the Chateau of Montaigne in Perigord, he...his Autobiography (tr. by M. Lowenthal, 1956); biography by D. M. Frame (1965, repr. 1984); studies by...
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Snorri Sturluson

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...historical information and is of great literary merit. Snorris sense of drama was outstanding, his mastery of form and method superb. Of an aristocratic...well as for reasons of inheritance. See biography by M. Ciklamini (1978...

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