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WORKS ON PAPER
THE CRAFT OF BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
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Michael Holroyd |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£9.89 |
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ISBN 10: |
0349113963 |
ISBN 13: |
9780349113968 |
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Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
Pub. date: |
6 November, 2003 |
Pages: |
336 |
Description: |
* A brilliant selection of letters, essays and reviews written over the last quarter of a century by our pre-eminent biographer. |
Synopsis: |
Michael Holroyd opens with a startling attack on biography, which is answered by two essays on the ethics and values of non-fiction writing. The book then examines the work of several contemporary biographers, the place of biography in fiction and of fiction in biography, and the revelations of some extravagant autobiographers, from Osbert Sitwell to Quentin Crisp - to which he adds some adventures of his own, in particular an important and unpublished piece THE MAKING OF GBS, a riveting story of deadly literary warfare. The book ends with a series of satires, celebrations, apologias and polemics which throw light not only on Michael Holroyd's progress as a biographer, but also his record as an embattled campaigner in the field of present-day literary politics. |
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UK |
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Abacus |
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Non-returnable |
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