{"product_id":"biography-in-theory-key-texts-with-commentaries-paperback-1","title":"Biography in Theory: Key Texts with Commentaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilhelm Hemecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Each text is accompanied by a commentary placing its contribution in critical context. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeal for use in undergraduate seminars, this reader may also be of interest for academic researchers in the areas of literary studies and history aiming to get an overview of historical questions in biographical theory. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated English language edition also includes new translations of texts by J. G. Herder and Stefan Zweig, as well as an introductory discussion on the possibility of a 'theory of biography'. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: \u003c\/strong\u003e Due to copyright reasons, the chapter \"Sade, Fourier, Loyola [Extract] (1971)\" (pp. 175-177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilhelm W. Hemecker\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Saunders\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History and Theory of Biography, Vienna, Austria. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292566405369,"sku":"9783110501612","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/sYmWq7_Ggl9783110501612_b3f0ba50-cb7d-4ebf-80d3-3bdb3573dc36.webp?v=1769170704","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/biography-in-theory-key-texts-with-commentaries-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}