Author: Patricia Pate HavlicePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Index to Literary Biography
Author: Patricia Pate HavliceIndex to Literary Biography
Author: Patricia P. HavliceIndex to Literary Biography
Author: Patricia Pate HavlicePublisher:
ISBN: 9780810816138
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages :
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Literary Biographies in The Lives of Remarkable People Series in Russia
Author: Carol UelandPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793618305
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The legendary Russian biography series, The Lives of Remarkable People, has played a significant role in Russian culture from its inception in 1890 until today. The longest running biography series in world literature, it spans three centuries and widely divergent political and cultural epochs: Imperial, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia. The authors argue that the treatment of biographical figures in the series is a case study for continuities and changes in Russian national identity over time. Biography in Russia and elsewhere remains a most influential literary genre and the distinctive approach and branding of the series has made it the economic engine of its publisher, Molodaia gvardiia. The centrality of biographies of major literary figures in the series reflects their heightened importance in Russian culture. The contributors examine the ways that biographies of Russia's foremost writers shaped the literary canon while mirroring the political and social realities of both the subjects’ and their biographers' times. Starting with Alexander Pushkin and ending with Joseph Brodsky, the authors analyze the interplay of research and imagination in biographical narrative, the changing perceptions of what constitutes literary greatness, and the subversive possibilities of biography during eras of political censorship.
Index to Literary Biography
Author: Patricia P. HavliceINDEX TO LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
Author: PATRICIA PATE HAVLICEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Index to Literary Biography
Author: Patricia Pate HavlicePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 605
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A Companion to Literary Biography
Author: Richard BradfordPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118896254
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
An authoritative review of literary biography covering the seventeenth century to the twentieth century A Companion to Literary Biography offers a comprehensive account of literary biography spanning the history of the genre across three centuries. The editor – an esteemed literary biographer and noted expert in the field – has encouraged contributors to explore the theoretical and methodological questions raised by the writing of biographies of writers. The text examines how biographers have dealt with the lives of classic authors from Chaucer to contemporary figures such as Kingsley Amis. The Companion brings a new perspective on how literary biography enables the reader to deal with the relationship between the writer and their work. Literary biography is the most popular form of writing about writing, yet it has been largely neglected in the academic community. This volume bridges the gap between literary biography as a popular genre and its relevance for the academic study of literature. This important work: Allows the author of a biography to be treated as part of the process of interpretation and investigates biographical reading as an important aspect of criticism Examines the birth of literary biography at the close of the seventeenth century and considers its expansion through the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries Addresses the status and writing of literary biography from numerous perspectives and with regard to various sources, methodologies and theories Reviews the ways in which literary biography has played a role in our perception of writers in the mainstream of the English canon from Chaucer to the present day Written for students at the undergraduate level, through postgraduate and doctoral levels, as well as academics, A Companion to Literary Biography illustrates and accounts for the importance of the literary biography as a vital element of criticism and as an index to our perception of literary history.
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Author: Donald J. Greiner