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  • 1
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    The biographer and the subject : a study on biographical distance (2012)
    Stuttgart :Ibidem Verlag,
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    almafu_9959235637902883
    Format: 1 online resource (178 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 3-8382-5995-5
    Series Statement: Studies in English literatures
    Content: A good biography is a well-staged illusion. It creates -- on paper -- a vivid, rounded, and immediate sense of lived life. In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in the creative act. Ideally, a biography's backbone is formed by accurate historical facts. But its soul lies elsewhere. Since the concern is life, something more is needed: Nothing dry, cold or dead, but a vibrant impression of life that is left in the air after one turns over the last page. But how does a biographer do it? The way a biographer creates a subject is lar
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Eating and Drinking with the Subject: Johnson�s Life of Savage and Boswell�s Life of Johnson""; ""2 Judas and The Frog Prince: Strachey�s Eminent Victorians and Holroyd�s Lytton Strachey""; ""3 Too Far For Comfort: Honan�s Jane Austen, Her Life and Motion�s Keats""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 3-89821-995-X
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    Too Far for Comfort : A Study on Biographical Distance. Second, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015)
    ibidem
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    UID:
    almahu_9949830189102882
    ISBN: 9783838267357
    Series Statement: Studies in English Literatures
    URL: https://elibrary.utb.de/action/showBook?doi=10.24216%2F9783838267357
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    HU Berlin
  • 3
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    The biographer and the subject : a study on biographical distance (2010)
    Stuttgart : ibidem-Verl.
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    UID:
    gbv_619689315
    Format: 165 S. , 210 mm x 150 mm
    ISBN: 389821995X , 9783898219952
    Series Statement: Studies in English literatures 15
    Note: Zugl.: Diss.
    Language: English
    Subjects: English Studies
    RVK:
    HG 725
    Keywords: Englisch ; Biografie ; Wahrheit ; Fiktion ; Gattungstheorie ; Geschichte 1744-1999 ; Englisch ; Biograf ; Nähe ; Distanz ; Geschichte 1744-1999 ; Biografie ; Hochschulschrift
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    Author information: Tekcan, Rana
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    The biographer and the subject : a study on biographical distance (2010)
    Stuttgart :Ibidem-Verl.,
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    UID:
    almahu_BV036657401
    Format: 165 S.
    ISBN: 978-3-89821-995-2
    Series Statement: Studies in English literatures 15
    Note: Zugl.: Diss.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures , English Studies
    RVK:
    EC 7419
    RVK:
    HG 720
    RVK:
    HG 725
    RVK:
    HG 850
    Keywords: Englisch ; Biografie ; Wahrheit ; Fiktion ; Gattungstheorie ; Englisch ; Biograf ; Nähe ; Distanz ; Englisch ; Biografie ; Distanz ; Erzähltechnik ; Hochschulschrift
    URL: Inhaltstext
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    Author information: Tekcan, Rana
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  • 5
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    Too Far for Comfort : A Study on Biographical Distance. Second, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015)
    Hannover : ibidem
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    UID:
    gbv_1895071127
    ISBN: 9783838267357
    Content: The dynamic between the biographer and the subject is, perhaps, one of the most fascinating aspects of biography as a genre. How does the biographer stage the illusion that is the narrative life, the illusion that the subject assumes a living form through words? In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in this creative act. Ideally, a biography`s backbone is structured by accurate historical facts. But its spirit lies elsewhere. The way a biographer captures the spirit of a subject is intriguingly shaped by the historical distance between the two. We find three types of distance in biographical narrative: First, where the biographer and the subject personally know one another; second, where the biographer is a near contemporary of the subject; and third, where biographer and subject are distinctly separated; in some cases, by hundreds of years. In this revised and expanded edition, Rana Tekcan explores how some of the most accomplished biographers manage to recreate “life” across time and space. She looks at their illusionary art through the narrative strategies in Samuel Johnson`s Life of Savage, James Boswell`s Life of Johnson, Lytton Strachey`s Eminent Victorians, Michael Holroyd`s Lytton Strachey, Park Honan`s Jane Austen, and Andrew Motion`s Keats.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9783898219952
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9783838207353
    Language: English
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    UB Potsdam
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    The Biographer and the Subject : A Study on Biographical Distance (2012)
    Hannover : ibidem
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1895071232
    ISBN: 9783838259956
    Content: A good biography is a well-staged illusion. It creates – on paper – a vivid, rounded, and immediate sense of lived life. In contrast to purely fictional forms, biography writing does not allow total freedom to the biographer in the creative act. Ideally, a biography’s backbone is formed by accurate historical facts. But its soul lies elsewhere. Since the concern is life, something more is needed: Nothing dry, cold or dead, but a vibrant impression of life that is left in the air after one turns over the last page. But how does a biographer do it? The way a biographer creates a subject is largely dictated by the historical distance between them. There are three types of distance in biographical writing: First, where the biographer and the subject personally know one another; second, where the biographer is a near contemporary of the subject; and third, where biographer and subject are distinctly separated, in some cases, by hundreds of years. Rana Tekcan explores how some of the most accomplished biographers manage to recreate “life” across time and space. The subjects of her close readings are Samuel Johnson’s Life of Savage, James Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians, Michael Holroyd’s Lytton Strachey, Park Honan’s Jane Austen, and Andrew Motion’s Keats.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9783898219952
    Language: English
    URL: lizenzpflichtig
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