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Biographers Art
Jeffrey . Ed(S): Meyers
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Description for Biographers Art
Hardback. This history of the art of biography and case-by-case analysis of some of the great literary biographies, from Johnson's Life of Savage (1744) to Edel's monumental Henry James (1953-1972), confirms the idea that life-writing is a flourishing art form. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Leon Edel has recently noted that "there exists, I am sorry to say, no criticism of biography worthy of the name. Reviewers and critics have learned how to judge plays, poems, novels—but they reveal their helplessness in the face of a biography." The Biographer's Art, by concentrating on the aesthetics of the genre, responds to the need for serious criticism of life-writing. This book is both a history of the genre and a substantial analysis of the great literary biographies from Johnson's Life of Savage (1744) and Boswell's Life of Johnson (1791) through Strachey's Eminent Victorians (1918) and Symons' The ... Read more
Leon Edel has recently noted that "there exists, I am sorry to say, no criticism of biography worthy of the name. Reviewers and critics have learned how to judge plays, poems, novels—but they reveal their helplessness in the face of a biography." The Biographer's Art, by concentrating on the aesthetics of the genre, responds to the need for serious criticism of life-writing. This book is both a history of the genre and a substantial analysis of the great literary biographies from Johnson's Life of Savage (1744) and Boswell's Life of Johnson (1791) through Strachey's Eminent Victorians (1918) and Symons' The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780941533522
SKU
V9780941533522
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About Jeffrey . Ed(S): Meyers
Jeffrey Meyers is the author of highly acclaimed biographies of Katherine Mansfield, Wyndham Lewis and Ernest Hemingway as well as many works of literary criticism.
Reviews for Biographers Art
Serves most usefully to introduce readers to the perils and possibilities of life-writing.
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