Biography and History

ISBN-13: 9781137611192 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 153 str.

Barbara Caine

Opis

Looking at the complex relationship between the discipline of history and the writing of lives, this key textbook provides an original and insightful introduction to a growing and increasingly important area of historical scholarship and research.

Spis treści

Preface to the Second Edition.- Historians and the Question of Biography.- A History of Biography.- Collective Biography.- Auto/biography and Life Writing.- Interpreting and Constructing Lives.- Changing Biographical Practices- Conclusion.- Glossary.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index

O autorze

Barbara Caine is Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.