Speculative Biography - Experiments, Opportunities and Provocations (Hardcover)

While speculation has always been crucial to biography, it has often been neglected, denied or misunderstood. This edited collection brings together a group of international biographers to discuss how, and why, each uses speculation in their work; whether this is to conceptualise a project in its early stages, work with scanty or deliberately deceptive sources, or address issues associated with shy or stubborn subjects. After defining the role of speculation in biography, the volume offers a series of work-in-progress case studies that discuss the challenges biographers encounter and address in their work. In addition to defining the 'speculative spectrum' within the biographical endeavour, the collection offers a lexicon of new terms to describe different types of biographical speculation, and more deeply engage with the dynamic interplay between research, subjectivity and that which Natalie Zemon Davis dubbed 'informed imagination'. By mapping the field of speculative biography, the collection demonstrates that speculation is not only innate to biographical practice but also key to rendering the complex mystery of biographical subjects, be they human, animal or even metaphysical.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Auto/Biography Studies
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2022
Editors:	Donna Lee Brien • Kiera Lindsey
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-51582-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-51582-2
Barcode:	9780367515829

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