Genres & Literary Forms
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Overview
Intended for all readers of biography—lifelong or occasional, critical or casual—this original book by an award-winning biographer examines biography from many angles, and gives a tour of the decisions its writers make and some of the implications of those choices. Its aim is to increase the pleasure of reading biographies, to add new, enjoyable dimensions even as it increases readers' insights into the art of writing them. The book concludes with observations about the form's future directions and challenges.
Editorials
Inga Clendinnen
Backscheider writes a fluent, good-humored, often humerous prose, she wears her extraordianry erudition as lightly as a scarf, and her aims are disarmingly pragmatic: to offer a practical guide to the novice biographer based on her personal experience—a prize-winning biography—and a remarkable range of intelligent reading (her bibliography is a treasure trove).—London Review of Books
Book Details
Published
April 12, 2001
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Pages
312
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780198299950