Biography, a user's guide / Carl Rollyson.
Biography, a user's guide / Carl Rollyson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
N808.06692/40
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 321 p. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"While the focus of biography is on the subject, half the story is, of course, who's telling it. Here Mr. Rollyson is illuminating in showing how biographers bring their own ideas to someone else's life. His central theme throughout the book is why biography matters, and how it has come to mean such different things in the history of Western cultur...
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Biography, a user's guide / Carl Rollyson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-306) and index.
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N808.06692/40
Record Identifier
74VMQqbg0rGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQqbg0rGO
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ISBN
9781566637800 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566637805 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
808.06692
MMS ID
991000383639702626
