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Biography: A Very Short Introduction [#206]
Biography: A Very Short Introduction [#206]
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さまざまなジャンルがある中で、読み物として非常に人気があるもののひとつが伝記です。なぜ伝記が好まれるのでしょうか。伝記とはどのように構成され、読者に何をもたらすのでしょうか。本書は色々な種類の伝記を分析することで、なぜ特定の人物や歴史上の出来事が多くの人を惹きつけるのかを探ります。歴史や小説とどう違うのか、といった比較も行います。
   

  • Looks at the origins and development of biographical writing
  • Considers why certain historical periods and figures arouse so much interest
  • Looks at the relationship between biographies, history and fiction
  • Examines the impact of religion on the development and direction of biographies
  • Reveals the ways in which biographers write their stories - from the start and close, to the tone they use, and the rhetorical devices they employ

 
Biography is one of the most popular, best-selling, and widely-read of literary genres. 

But why do certain people and historical events arouse so much interest? How can biographies be compared with history and works of fiction? Does a biography need to be true? Is it acceptable to omit or conceal things? Does the biographer need to personally know the subject? Must a biographer be subjective? 

In this Very Short Introduction Hermione Lee considers the cultural and historical background of different types of biographies, looking at the factors that affect biographers and whether there are different strategies, ethics, and principles required for writing about one person compared to another. She also considers contemporary biographical publications and considers what kind of 'lives' are the most popular and in demand. 
 
 
Reading Guide
  
The Very Short Introductions Podcast Episode 21: Biography
  

目次: 

1: The Biography Channel
2: Exemplary Lives
3: Warts and All
4: National Biography
5: Fallen Idols
6: Against Biography
7: Public Roles
8: Telling the Story

著者について: 

Hermoine Lee is a well-known literary biographer, author of critical studies of Elizabeth Bowen, Willa Cather, and Philip Roth. She has also written major biographies of Virginia Woolf (1996), and Edith Wharton (2007), a selection of which was published by Princeton University Press as Virginia Woolf's Nose (2005). From 1998 to 2008 she was the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature and a Fellow of New College at the University of Oxford. She is now President of Wolfson College.

"It would be hard to think of anyone better to provide a crisp contribution to OUP's Very Short Introductions." - Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian
  

"A sophisticated overview for the general reader." - Andrew Lycett, Literary Review
  

"Enjoyable book on the subject." - Henry Power, TLS

商品情報

ISBN : 9780199533541

著者: 
Hermione Lee
ページ
192 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2009年07月
シリーズ
Very Short Introductions
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Biography: A Very Short Introduction [#206]

Biography: A Very Short Introduction [#206]

Biography: A Very Short Introduction [#206]