Whole Lives: Shapers of Modern Biography

by Reed Whittemore

Book Overview

Originally published in 1989. In this companion volume to the acclaimed Pure Lives, Reed Whittemore probes the often-complex motives behind the relationships of modern biographers to their subjects. Whittemore's description of biography's uneven path toward comprehensive character study begins with Thomas Carlyle, whose biography of Frederick the Great broke with tradition by tracing the roots of its subject's character to childhood trauma...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421434067
• ISBN13: 9781421434063
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"