First published in 1977, this book explores biography in the
post-Renaissance period and investigates some of the problems
implicit in this literary form. The introduction considers various
aspects of biographical theory as expressed by practitioners and
critics. The rest of the book is a detailed examination of specific
works placed in chronological context - reflecting the author's
assertion that a work of biography is inseparable from the
intellectual and cultural precepts of its age. Amongst the works
examined are: Plutarch's Lives, Aubrey's Brief Lives, Boswell's
Life of Johnson, and Johnson's Life of Savage. This book will be of
interest to students of literature and cultural history.
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