Essays in Eighteenth-Century Biography

Hardback. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Sticker to inside cover saying 'From the Library of James M. Osborn'. Slightly sunned spine to D/J. Is biography a form of art? Is it basically inferior to autobiography? Is a biographer justified in telling all he knows about his subject? These are some of the key questions that are explored in three essays by distinguished scholars in eighteenth-century literature. Taken together, the pieces make up a remarkably complete survey of current theeories about biography and its methods. The essays are a persuasive reminder that biographical truth is a subtle entity, and that the biographer ultimately has the same problems as has the novelist or the poet in conveying experience concretely and memorably. 126 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).