| Biography in Theory: Key Texts with Commentaries Contributor(s): Hemecker, Wilhelm (Editor), Saunders, Edward (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110501619 ISBN-13: 9783110501612 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - History | Study & Teaching - Social Science |
| Series: de Gruyter Textbook |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Each text is accompanied by a commentary placing its contribution in critical context. Ideal for use in undergraduate seminars, this reader may also be of interest for academic researchers in the areas of literary studies and history aiming to get an overview of historical questions in biographical theory. This revised and updated English language edition also includes new translations of texts by J. G. Herder and Stefan Zweig, as well as an introductory discussion on the possibility of a 'theory of biography'. Note: Due to copyright reasons, the chapter Sade, Fourier, Loyola Extract] (1971) (pp. 175-177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook. |