Looks at the history of biography writing, discusses those who have shaped the direction of the modern biography, and analyses early biographical works
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"Whittemore treats his subjects genially and kindly, but without missing a critical trick. His book is full of illuminations, anecdotal and aphoristic, about the largely unexamined idea of character, public and private, and I read it with much delight." -- Howard Nemerov
"Mr. Whittemore is right most of the time and interesting all the time... Biography is a troubled genre -- but, as this book testifies brilliantly, a fascinating one." -- Washington Times
Book by Reed Whittemore
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 54407805-6
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Da: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing (no subsequent printings) hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition: slight wear, slight indentations on the top edges, light foxing on cloth edges. 159 pages. [15oz]. Book. Codice articolo 62277
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Da: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Codice articolo mon0003711138
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Da: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Thus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Codice articolo 0742545
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Da: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2x9 1/2. 164 pages. Development of biography. Unmarked, tight and clean. Codice articolo 03396
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Da: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good- Dust Jacket. Very good+ hardcover with very good- dust jacket. Binding is tight and sturdy, boards and text also very good+. DJ has rubbing. Codice articolo 161039
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Da: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover, Condizione: Good, Johns Hopkins University Press, c.1988, 8vo. cloth, 159pp., foxed foredges, heavily penciled, ow G/G $. Codice articolo 102298
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Da: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. From the library of Prof. Richard J. Schoeck. 159pp. Tidy ownership marks, else very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / very good plus dust jacket. Codice articolo 151391
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Da: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Hard Back First Printing, Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. The author traces the origins of biography in the lives and works of ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and early modern writers. Upper and lower edges of boards slightly rubbed and former owner inscription on endpaper, else Fine in copper cloth over spine, gilt titled, with light tan textured linen cloth over boards. Handsome, clean, tight and solid volume. Internals as new. Some of the biographies and biographers: Aelfric's Lives of the Saints; Vasari's Lives of the Artists; Holinshed's Chronicles of the rulers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and Machiavelli, Cellini, Shakespeare, Pepys, Defoe, Stern. And then with Boswell, biography reached a turning point and began to focus on "the minute details of private life". 159 pages with Primary Readings and Index. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. 1988, Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. And London, England. Codice articolo 014528
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Da: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 159pp., 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (1988). Authors inscription and first name signature on the title page. Near fine. Codice articolo 147359
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