Walton's Lives : conformist commemorations and the rise of biography
Martin, JessicaAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2001.
Arguing that Walton's practice in his 'Lives' was crucial in shaping modern expectations of biography, this text investigates topics such as how biography should be organised; how it should treat evidence; and how it should regard narrative coherence.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Arguing that Walton's practice in his 'Lives' was crucial in shaping modern expectations of biography, this text investigates topics such as how biography should be organised; how it should treat evidence; and how it should regard narrative coherence.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART I: WALTON'S CONTEXT -- 1. Commemorative Strategies -- 2. Reading Plutarch, Writing Lives -- Plutarch as 'schoolemaister' -- Plutarchan Virtue and the Constant Mind -- Portraying Virtue -- Collection, Comparison, and Parallel -- 3. Godly Prototypes -- Texts -- Bodies -- Death -- 'Life, Truly Writ' -- PART II: WALTON'S LIVES -- 4. Walton's Lives of Donne and Herbert -- The Life of Dr. John Donne -- The Life of Mr. George Herbert -- 5. Walton's Lives of Hooker and Sanderson -- Introduction -- The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker -- The Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson -- 6. Walton's Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index.
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Biography as a literary form
Regions & Countries - Europe
History & Archaeology
Great Britain