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Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, Date: 2007. Second printing. Softcover. Near Fine. 141 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the Essays on Biography series. The lightest of surface wear- otherwise bright, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy by one of the most respected contemporary writers and the biographer of Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf, Philip Roth, Willa Cather, Penelope Fitzgerald, Tom Stoppard and Edith Wharton. 2007. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691130442 9780691130446 [CA]
Princeton: Princeton University Press, Date: 2005. Softcover. As New. White wraps with color illustration and grey and red lettering; 141 pp. with no illustrations. Essays on the craft of biography. 2005. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691130442 US
Princeton: Princeton University Press, Date: 2005. Softcover. As New. White wraps with color illustration and grey and red lettering; 141 pp. with no illustrations. Essays on the craft of biography. 2005. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691130442 9780691130446 [US]
ISBN10: 0691130442, ISBN13: 9780691130446, [publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton] Softcover White wraps with color illustration and grey and red lettering; 141 pp. with no illustrations. Essays on the craft of biography. [Marietta, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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Princeton Princeton University Press 2005 Annotated. Softcover As New White wraps with color illustration and grey and red lettering; 141 pp. with no illustrations. Essays on the craft of biography.
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ISBN10: 0691130442, ISBN13: 9780691130446, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What choices must a biographer make when stitching the pieces of a life into one coherent whole How do we best create an accurate likeness of a private life from the few articles that linger after death How do we choose what gets left out This intriguing and witty collection of essays by an internationally acclaimed biographer looks at how biography deals with myths and legends, what goes missing and what can't be proved in the story of a life. Virginia Woolf's Nose presents a variety of case-studies, in which literary biographers are faced with gaps and absences, unprovable stories and ambiguities surrounding their subjects. By looking at stories about Percy Bysshe Shelley's shriveled, burnt heart found pressed between the pages of a book, Jane Austen's fainting spell, Samuel Pepys's lobsters, and the varied versions of Virginia Woolf's life and death, preeminent biographer Hermione Lee considers how biographers deal with and often utilize these missing body parts, myths, and contested data to 'fill in the gaps' of a life story.In 'Shelley's Heart and Pepys's Lobsters,' an essay dealing with missing parts and biographical legends, Hermione Lee discusses one of the most complicated and emotionally charged examples of the contested use of biographical sour ...
ISBN10: 0691130442, ISBN13: 9780691130446, [publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey] Softcover Paperback. What choices must a biographer make when stitching the pieces of a life into one coherent whole? How do we best create an accurate likeness of a private life from the few articles that linger after death? How do we choose what gets left out? This intriguing and witty collection of essays by an internationally acclaimed biographer looks at how biography deals with myths and legends, what goes missing and what can't be proved in the story of a life. "Virginia Woolf's Nose" presents a variety of case-studies, in which literary biographers are faced with gaps and absences, unprovable stories and ambiguities surrounding their subjects. By looking at stories about Percy Bysshe Shelley's shriveled, burnt heart found pressed between the pages of a book, Jane Austen's fainting spell, Samuel Pepys's lobsters, and the varied versions of Virginia Woolf's life and death, preeminent biographer Hermione Lee considers how biographers deal with and often utilize these missing body parts, myths, and contested data to "fill in the gaps" of a life story. In "Shelley's Heart and Pepys's Lobsters," an essay dealing with missing parts and biographical legends, Hermione Lee discusses one of the most complicated and emotionally charged examples of the con ...
Princeton University Press, Date: 2007-02-11. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2007. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691130442 9780691130446 [US]
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