Biography
A Brief History
Published on 1. July 2009
360 pages
978-0-674-03822-6 (ISBN)
Description
For what purpose and for whom has biographical pursuit endured, and how does it play such a contested, popular role in contemporary Western culture? Award-winning biographer Hamilton addresses these questions in an incisive and vivid narrative that will appeal to students of human nature and self-representation across the arts and sciences.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03822-6 (9780674038226)
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11/2009
Harvard University Press
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Person
Nigel Hamilton is the author of prize-winning biographies of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and of John F. Kennedy. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Content
Contents Prologue 1. Evolutionary Biography 2. Hagiography 3. The Renaissance of Biography 4. Victorian Pseudobiography 5. The Early Twentieth Century 6. The Rise of Film 7. The People's War 8. Death of the Author 9. New Directions 10. Biography Comes of Age 11. Biography on Trial 12. The Miner's Canary 13. Biography Today Epilogue Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
