The Biographer's Art
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0941533522
ISBN13:9780941533522
Release Date:June 1989
Publisher:New Amsterdam Books
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.9"
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