Dlb 103: American Literary Biographers, First Series

by Steven R. Serafin and Matthew J. Bruccoli

One of the most widely read and accessible forms of literature, biography appeals to both general and specialized readers. When the subject of the biography is a writer, the genre becomes more complex. In literary biography we see the creative process unfold as the life of one artist is portrayed by another artist, writes editor Steven Serafin in this volumes foreword. More than merely recreating the life of a writer, the literary biographer examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810345838
• ISBN13: 9780810345836
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 401 Pages