Bostridge Mark - Lives For Sale Biographers Tales - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Biography is well recognised as a peculiarly British vice. This new anthology is a collection of essays by some of the best biographers now writing in Britain. They tell of the ups and downs of life writing: of problems with families and friends of their subjects of shocking new discoveries and of bitter professional rivalries. Essays in favour of biography others that describe disenchantment with an attempt to capture another human being in the pages of a book. First published in the autumn of 2004 - to coincide with the appearance of the most important British publishing enterprise of the new century to date the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - this new in paperback edition of Lives For Sale is full of amusing anecdotes and fascinating experiences retold by some of the masters of the form including Michael Holroyd Claire Tomalin Fiona Mac Carthy Graham Robb Andrew Roberts Hermione Lee Margaret Forster Jenny Uglow Antonia Fraser as well as contributions from the rising generation and an essay by Beryl Bainbridge on Waiting for the Biographer'.
Title: Lives For Sale Biographers Tales
Author(s): Bostridge Mark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780826487841
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/11/2005
Category: Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides