Biographical Images: Effects of Formal Features On the Way We See a Life

Biographical Images: Effects of Formal Features On the Way We See a Life

When biography is examined as a literary genre, then the selection of materials, the structure of the text, and the style of the prose are singularly important components of the image-making process. Using contemporary texts ranging from the documentary through the re-creational to the fictionalized...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biography (Honolulu) 1978-10, Vol.1 (4), p.1-14
1. Verfasser: Halpern, Jeanne W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Autobiographies
Biographers
Biography
Death
Literary criticism
Novelists
Personality psychology
Public records
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:When biography is examined as a literary genre, then the selection of materials, the structure of the text, and the style of the prose are singularly important components of the image-making process. Using contemporary texts ranging from the documentary through the re-creational to the fictionalized, Dr. Halpern shows how such formal features not only reflect the biographer's vision of a life but also influence the impression the reader receives.
ISSN:0162-4962
1529-1456
1529-1456
DOI:10.1353/bio.2010.0761