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Release Date: 08/07/2017 height: 0.6 in Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter Item Weight: 15.8 Oz Item Width: 6.1 in ISBN-10: 3110501619 Type: Textbook Release Year: 2017 Language: English Publication Year: 2017 Book Title: Biography in Theory EAN: 9783110501612 ISBN: 9783110501612 Subtitle: Key Texts with Commentaries Author: Edward Saunders Contributor: Edward Saunders (Edited by) Subject: General, Study & Teaching, Semiotics & Theory Publication Name: Biography in Theory : Key Texts with Commentaries Format: Trade Paperback Genre: Literary Criticism Item Length: 9.1 in Item Height: 0.6 in Country of Origin: DE width: 6.1 in Number of Pages: 296 Pages Series: De Gruyter Textbook Ser.

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Wilhelm Hemecker Biography in Theory (Paperback) De Gruyter Textbook. Publisher: De Gruyter. Series: De Gruyter Textbook. This 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. Further DetailsTitle: Biography in Theory Condition: New Subtitle: Key Texts with Commentaries Author: Wilhelm Hemecker Contributor: Wilhelm Hemecker (Edited by), Edward Saunders (Edited by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 3110501619 EAN: 9783110501612 ISBN: 9783110501612 Publisher: De Gruyter Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: Society & Culture, Children's Learning & Education, History Release Date: 08/07/2017 Description: This 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. Ideal 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. This 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’. Note: Due to copyright reasons, the chapter "Sade, Fourier, Loyola [Extract] (1971)" (pp. 175–177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: DE Item Height: 230mm Item Length: 155mm Item Weight: 447g Series: De Gruyter Textbook Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.