Recognizing Biography / / William H. Epstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Epstein, William H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1987]; ©1988
• Julkaisuvuosi: 1987
• Kieli: English
• Sarja: Anniversary Collection
• Ulkoasu: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Yhteenveto: 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.
• Aineistotyyppi: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512801880; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512801880
• Pääsy: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William H. Epstein.

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 s...