Most book reviewers know very little about the history or the art
of biography. Indeed, if there is any art in biography, it is the
rare reviewer that acknowledges it or knows how to discuss it.
Usually the reviewer regards biography as an occasion to wax
eloquent about what he or she thinks of the subject. Little space,
if any, is devoted to the biography's structure or style, to the
biographer's peculiar problems, or to how the biography relates to
others about the same subject.
Carl Rollyson, a professional biographer and weekly columnist
("On Biography") for "The New York Sun," explores the ramifications
of authorized and unauthorized biographies, investigates the
relationship between biography and history, biography and fiction,
biography and autobiography, as well commenting on certain
perennial biographical subjects such as Napoleon, on sub genres
such as children's biography, and on the most recent developments
in life writing.
Rollyson's aim is to reach not merely scholars but that vast
general audience addicted to reading biography, enhancing their
pleasure by providing insight (or you might say, the inside word)
on how biographies are put together.
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