Biography: A Very Short Introduction

By - Hermione Lee

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009

ISBN 10 - 0199533547

ISBN 13 - 9780199533541

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Biography as a literary form

Shelf No - 3

Call Number - 809.9359 LEE

Physical Description - xiii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Notes - Includes indexes

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Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction.

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