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Hamilton, Nigel,

Biography : a brief history / Nigel Hamilton. - 345 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index.

Evolutionary biography -- Hagiography -- The renaissance of biography -- Victorian pseudobiography -- The early twentieth century -- The rise of film -- The people's war -- Death of the author -- New directions -- Biography comes of age -- Biography on trial -- The miner's canary -- Biography today.

ISBN: 0674024664 9780674024663

LCCN: 2006051132

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biography as a literary form--History

LC Class. No.: CT31 / .H36 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 920.009