Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography

by William St. Clair

Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, as old models of biographical writing were attacked and superseded, while critics and theorists questioned the once self-evident value of the biography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197263186
• ISBN13: 9780197263181
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"