| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The many faces of Victorian biography -- Victorian hero-worship -- "The simple annals of the poor": biographies of humble men -- "Tragic failures" and "happy mediocrity": biographies of unsuccessful men -- "Quiet and uneventful"?: female literary biography -- "Inheritors of unfulfill'd renown": championing Romantic poets -- "Forgotten benefactors": the Dictionary of national biography -- Conclusion : "The lives of the obscure" and Virginia Woolf |
| Summary |
Through an examination of numerous biographies, from the lives of working-class scientists to minor women writers, 'Victorian Biography Reconsidered' examines how and why 19th-century biographers challenged the contemporary obsession with 'great men' and brought to public attention the lives of neglected or unknown men and women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-306) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biography -- 19th century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Reference.
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Biography
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Biografieën.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199572137 |
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0199572135 |
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9780191591433 |
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0191591432 |
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9780191722967 |
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0191722960 |
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