Writing lives: literary biography
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2009Description: 128pISBN: 9780521732314Subject(s): Biography | AutobiographyDDC classification: 809.93592 Summary: Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Writing Lives takes as its focus life writing, both autobiography and biography, discussing these genres specifically within the contexts of the lives and literary careers of writers, past and present. In addition to exploring the key characteristics of life writing, the book also examines the relationship between the lives of authors and the influence of these lives both on their own writing and on the reception of their work by contemporary and later readers. The book traces the origins of literary biography from its early roots to its position as a best-selling genre in its own right.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 809.93592 GIL/W (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 29266 |
Series Editor: Adrian Barlow
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Writing Lives takes as its focus life writing, both autobiography and biography, discussing these genres specifically within the contexts of the lives and literary careers of writers, past and present. In addition to exploring the key characteristics of life writing, the book also examines the relationship between the lives of authors and the influence of these lives both on their own writing and on the reception of their work by contemporary and later readers. The book traces the origins of literary biography from its early roots to its position as a best-selling genre in its own right.
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