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Author: Edward Saunders Subject: General, Study & Teaching, Semiotics & Theory Subtitle: Key Texts with Commentaries Item Length: 9.1 in Publication Year: 2017 Item Weight: 15.8 Oz Book Title: Biography in Theory Number of Pages: 296 Pages Item Width: 6.1 in Series: De Gruyter Textbook Ser. Release Year: 2017 ISBN: 9783110501612 width: 6.1 in Language: English Genre: Literary Criticism ISBN-10: 3110501619 Format: Trade Paperback Contributor: Edward Saunders (Edited by) Release Date: 08/07/2017 EAN: 9783110501612 Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History Type: Textbook Publication Name: Biography in Theory : Key Texts with Commentaries height: 0.6 in Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter Item Height: 0.6 in Country of Origin: DE

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Wilhelm Hemecker Biography in Theory (Paperback) De Gruyter Textbook. Publisher: De Gruyter. Series: De Gruyter Textbook. This textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Further DetailsTitle: Biography in Theory Condition: New Subtitle: Key Texts with Commentaries Author: Wilhelm Hemecker Contributor: Wilhelm Hemecker (Edited by), Edward Saunders (Edited by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 3110501619 EAN: 9783110501612 ISBN: 9783110501612 Publisher: De Gruyter Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: Society & Culture, Children's Learning & Education, History Release Date: 08/07/2017 Description: This textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Each text is accompanied by a commentary placing its contribution in critical context. Ideal for use in undergraduate seminars, this reader may also be of interest for academic researchers in the areas of literary studies and history aiming to get an overview of historical questions in biographical theory. This revised and updated English language edition also includes new translations of texts by J. G. Herder and Stefan Zweig, as well as an introductory discussion on the possibility of a ‘theory of biography’. Note: Due to copyright reasons, the chapter "Sade, Fourier, Loyola [Extract] (1971)" (pp. 175–177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: DE Item Height: 230mm Item Length: 155mm Item Weight: 447g Series: De Gruyter Textbook Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.