{"product_id":"essays-in-biography-9780595341818","title":"Essays in Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carl Rollyson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssays in Biography\u003c\/i\u003e is a play on words conveying Carl Rollyson's attempt to explore the nature of biography in pieces about the history of the genre and in portrayals of biographers (Plutarch, Leon Edel, and W. A. Swanberg), literary figures (Lillian Hellman, Jack London), philosophers and critics (Leo Strauss and Hippolyte Taine), political figures (Winston Churchill and Napoleon), and artists (Rembrandt and Rubens). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn essay in biography, Rollyson argues, is an effort to comprehend a life that is inherently incomplete and subject to revision. Many of the facts about a biographical subject's life that are blandly presented in reference books have been discovered by biographers at great cost to their reputations. With the history of biography as a censored genre in mind, he encourages readers of biography to look critically at the biographies they read--no matter whether those biographies are book-length narratives or short encyclopedia entries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the pairings in \u003ci\u003eEssays in Biography\u003c\/i\u003e are meant to evoke Plutarch's presentation of \"parallel lives.\" The biographical essay, Rollyson concludes, is a unique form of knowledge, one that modern critics have devalued by trying to separate the creator from his creation.","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45147974598807,"sku":"9780595341818","price":762.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780595341818.webp?v=1767294221","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/essays-in-biography-9780595341818","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}