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020 $a0415928478 (hbk.)
020 $a0415942942 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aCT21$b.E414 2000
082 00 $a809/.93592$221
100 1 $aEllis, David,$d1939-
245 10 $aLiterary lives :$bbiography and the search for understanding /$cDavid Ellis.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2000.
300 $aix, 195 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index.
505 0 $aLives without Theory -- Biography and Explanation -- Ancestors -- Primal Scenes --- Body Matters -- The Sociiological Imagination -- History, Chance and Self-determination -- Compatibility, Sartre and Long Biographies -- 'Dignity and Uses of Biography'.
520 1 $a"David Ellis meditates on the nature of biography and the way biographers habitually explain their subjects' lives by reference to psychology, ancestry, childhood experience, social relations, the body or illness. The aim of the book is to uncover the principles which biographers adopt in their efforts to make sense of others' lives whilst at the same time ensuring that their own narratives remain coherent."--Jacket.
650 0 $aBiography as a literary form.
650 0 $aAuthors$vBiography$xHistory and criticism.
655 7 $aBiography.$2fast
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aEllis, David, 1939-$tLiterary lives.$dNew York : Routledge, 2000$w(OCoLC)606340499
988 $a20020607
906 $0DLC