Reflections on Biography

Backscheider, Paula R.

ISBN 10: 019818641X / ISBN 13: 9780198186410

Published by Oxford University Press, 1999

About this Item

1st printing. Tight and unmarked. Full cloth binding. 289pp. Jacket is very slightly rubbed at tips. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reflections on Biography
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019818641X
• ISBN 13: 9780198186410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

Intended for all readers of biography--lifelong or occasional, critical or casual--this original book by an award-winning biographer examines biography from many angles, and gives a tour of the decisions its writers make and some of the implications of those choices. Its aim is to increase the pleasure of reading biographies, to add new, enjoyable dimensions even as it increases readers' insights into the art of writing them. The book concludes with observations about the form's future directions and challenges.

About the Author

Paula R. Backscheider is a Pepperell-Philpott Eminent Scholar at Auburn University, Alabama.