Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in.

Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in.

Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in.

Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable official accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in. The volume editors also discuss how each text has contributed to the development of the public image of the writer it concerns.