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1. academic.oup.com › british-academy-scholarshipThe Newness of the ‘New Biography’: Biographical Theory and ...

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   The growing impact of psychological and psychoanalytic theories on literary creation and criticism clearly played a central role in shaping the ‘new biography’, and its emphases on identity rather than event or action.

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   Mar 6, 2019 · Biography is booming, says the longtime book critic and biographer Elizabeth Taylor. Here she highlights the five fantastic books shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle 2019 biography award, and how historical lives provide insight into contemporary culture.

3. fivebooks.com › best-books › biography-2020-nbccThe Best of Biography: the 2020 NBCC Shortlist - Five Books

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   The best biographies of 2020, books shortlisted by the National Book Critics' Circle, and discussed by author and criticm Elizabeth Taylor.

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4. www.penguinrandomhouse.com › the-read-downThe Top Trending Biographies and Memoirs to Read Right Now

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   These are the top trending biographies and memoirs—the titles people can't stop reading, talking, and tweeting about, according to Today's Top Books.

5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 311733681Introduction: The Biographical Turn. Lives in History

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   Jan 1, 2017 · While biography has been on the rise in academia since the 1980s, this volume highlights the theoretical implications of the biographical turn that is changing the humanities.

6. www.britannica.com › art › biography-narrative-genreBiography - Narrative, Genre, Today | Britannica

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Biography - Narrative, Genre, Today: In the United States, Great Britain, and the rest of the Western world generally, biography today enjoys a moderate popular and critical esteem. In the year 1929, at the height of the biographical “boom,” there were published in the United States 667 new biographies; in 1962 exactly the same number ...

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   Is biography booming?

   • Biography is booming, says the longtime book critic and biographer Elizabeth Taylor. Here she highlights the five fantastic books shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle 2019 biography award, and how historical lives provide insight into contemporary culture.

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   What is the future of biography?

   • Anchored in the truth of fact, though seeking the truth of interpretation, biography tends to be more stable than other literary arts; and its future would appear to be a predictably steady evolution of its present trends. Professor of French, University College, University of London.

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   What is a 'new biography'?

   • In this period, the concept of ‘new biography’ proliferated. This new concept of biographies was grounded on the relationship between the literary and the scientific, and the importance of the study of the character. In the chapter, the tenets and characteristics of the ‘new biography’ and the ‘new biographers’ are considered.

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   Why is the biographical turn important?

   • International in scope, The Biographical Turn emphasises that the individual can have a lasting impact on the past and that lives that are now forgotten can be as important for the historical narrative as the biographies of kings and presidents. It is a valuable resource for all students of biography, history and historical theory.

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   Is the biographical turn changing the Humanities?

   • While biography has been on the rise in academia since the 1980s, this volume highlights the theoretical implications of the biographical turn that is changing the humanities.

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   Can a biography be considered a critical activity?

   • Taking a biographical past. Biography, therefore, can be regarded critical activity for the humanities and for society at large. Berghahn, 2008, pp. 1- 26. 2015, pp. 40-1. promising. d. 1991. April, 2013. -38. Pennsylvania Press , 2014, pp. 19-47. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 7- 18. Biography. 1-11. p. s. 528-70. ...

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › 24777653Narrative and the Popularity of Biography - JSTOR

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   The statistics of publishers confirm the critical explanations for the popularity biography. From the nineteenth century to the present, biography has had a strong and sustained readership which sales from the past and the present confirm (see. Gallup survey in Publishers Weekly for 7 October 1984).