Early Life & Letters of John Morley
Title | Early Life & Letters of John Morley PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Wrigley Hirst |
Publisher | |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Early Life & Letters of John Morley
Title | Early Life & Letters of John Morley PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Wrigley Hirst |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Bookman's Manual
Title | The Bookman's Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Bessie Graham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Best books |
ISBN |
Historical Outlook
Title | Historical Outlook PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
OLR Index
Title | OLR Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Speculative Biography
Title | Speculative Biography PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Lee Brien |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2021-09-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1000454738 |
While speculation has always been crucial to biography, it has often been neglected, denied or misunderstood. This edited collection brings together a group of international biographers to discuss how, and why, each uses speculation in their work; whether this is to conceptualise a project in its early stages, work with scanty or deliberately deceptive sources, or address issues associated with shy or stubborn subjects. After defining the role of speculation in biography, the volume offers a series of work-in-progress case studies that discuss the challenges biographers encounter and address in their work. In addition to defining the ‘speculative spectrum’ within the biographical endeavour, the collection offers a lexicon of new terms to describe different types of biographical speculation, and more deeply engage with the dynamic interplay between research, subjectivity and that which Natalie Zemon Davis dubbed ‘informed imagination’. By mapping the field of speculative biography, the collection demonstrates that speculation is not only innate to biographical practice but also key to rendering the complex mystery of biographical subjects, be they human, animal or even metaphysical.
Writers, Readers, and Reputations
Title | Writers, Readers, and Reputations PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Waller |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1194 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199541205 |
Philip Waller explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged, with writers promoted as stars and celebrities, advertising both products and themselves.