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Life writing : essays on autobiography, biography and literature /

"Including original contributions by, among others, Martin Amis, Alan Sillitoe, Ruth Fainlight and D.J. Taylor, this important collection examines the status and practice of literary biography and autobiographical writing, and reasserts the centrality of the relationship between authors' l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bradford, Richard, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
English prose literature > History and criticism.
American prose literature > History and criticism.
Authors, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Authors, American > Biography > History and criticism.
Authors > Biography > History and criticism.
Autobiography.
Biography as a literary form.
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Summary:"Including original contributions by, among others, Martin Amis, Alan Sillitoe, Ruth Fainlight and D.J. Taylor, this important collection examines the status and practice of literary biography and autobiographical writing, and reasserts the centrality of the relationship between authors' lives and their works"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xv, 317 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230202528 (hardback)
0230202527 (hardback)