11. Biography on Trial

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1. Evolutionary Biography 6
6. 2. Hagiography 33
7. 3. The Renaissance of Biography 60
8. 4. Victorian Pseudobiography 100
9. 5. The Early Twentieth Century 129
10. 6. The Rise of Film 168
11. 7. The People’s War 186
12. 8. Death of the Author 206
13. 9. New Directions 213
14. 10. Biography Comes of Age 222
15. 11. Biography on Trial 242
16. 12. The Miner’s Canary 251
17. 13. Biography Today 279
18. Epilogue 292
19. Notes 297
20. Bibliography 315
21. Acknowledgments 322
22. Index 329