Literary lives
Subtitle: biography and the search for understanding
By: David Ellis.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Biography as a literary form.; Authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography
Description: "David Ellis meditates on the nature of biography and the way biographers habitually explain their subjects' lives by reference to psychology, ancestry, childhood experience, social relations, the body or illness. The aim of the book is to uncover the principles which biographers adopt in their efforts to make sense of others' lives whilst at the same time ensuring that their own narratives remain coherent."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.