Walton's Lives
Subtitle: conformist commemorations and the rise of biography
By: Jessica Martin.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford, [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.; Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.; Herbert, George, 1593-1633.; Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Biography as a literary form.; Great Britain -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: WALTON'S CONTEXT; title: 1. Commemorative Strategies; title: 2. Reading Plutarch, Writing Lives; title: Plutarch as 'schoolemaister'; title: Plutarchan Virtue and the Constant Mind; title: Portraying Virtue; title: Collection, Comparison, and Parallel; title: 3. Godly Prototypes; title: Texts; title: Bodies; title: Death; title: 'Life, Truly Writ'; title: PART II: WALTON'S LIVES; title: 4. Walton's Lives of Donne and Herbert; title: The Life of Dr. John Donne; title: The Life of Mr. George Herbert; title: 5. Walton's Lives of Hooker and Sanderson; title: Introduction; title: The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker; title: The Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson; title: 6. Walton's Legacy; title: Bibliography; title: Index.