{"product_id":"mapping-lives-the-uses-of-biography-9780197263181","title":"Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter France | William St Clair\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: British Academy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: British Academy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Books \u0026amp; Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, as old models of biographical writing were attacked and superseded, while critics and theorists questioned the once self-evident value of the biography of writers. Yet the genre continues to attract notable authors and is unfailingly popular with readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present volume, while containing essays by practising biographers, is intended primarily as a stimulus to critical thinking. It focuses on the diverse functions assumed by life-writing in different European countries at different periods, challenging both the notion of a genre with constant characteristics and aims and the view of modern biography as the happy culmination of centuries of progress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"British Academy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47587930243223,"sku":"9780197263181","price":4055.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197263181.webp?v=1774967313","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mapping-lives-the-uses-of-biography-9780197263181","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}