Biography: Writing Lives / Edition 1

by Catherine N. Parke

Overview

Catherine Parke explores biography through detailed examinations of Samuel Johnson, Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein and other masters of the genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415938921
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/02/2002
Series:	Genres in Context
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Catherine N. Parke teaches English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of Samuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking and Other People's Lives.

Table of Contents

Preface — Chronology — Chapter 1 Biography: An Overview of the Genre — Chapter 2 Majority Biography 1: Samuel Johnson — Chapter 3 Majority Biography 2: Virginia Woolf — Chapter 4 Minority Biography: Alice James and Langston Hughes — Chapter 5 Group and Collective Biography and Biographical Series — Bibliographic Essay — Notes and References — Recommended Biographies: A Selected List — Index.