| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
PART I. WALTON'S CONTEXT -- 1. Commemorative strategies -- 2. Reading Plutarch, writing Lives -- Plutarch as 'schoolemaister' -- Plutarchan virtue and the constant mind -- Portraying virtue -- Collection, comparison, and parallel -- 3. Godly prototypes -- Texts -- Bodies -- Death -- 'Life, truly writ' -- PART II. WALTON'S LIVES -- 4. Walton's Lives of Donne and Herbert -- The Life of Dr. John Donne -- The Life of Mr. George Herbert -- 5. Walton's Lives of Hooker and Sanderson -- Introduction -- The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker -- The Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson -- 6. Walton's legacy |
| Summary |
Arguing that Walton's practice in his 'Lives' was crucial in shaping modern expectations of biography, this text investigates topics such as how biography should be organised; how it should treat evidence; and how it should regard narrative coherence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. Lives
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Biography as a literary form.
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Biography.
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Biographies as Topic
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biographies (literary works)
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biography (general genre)
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Biography
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Biography as a literary form
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Biography -- History and criticism
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001016288 |
| ISBN |
9780191683930 |
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0191683930 |
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0198270151 |
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9780198270157 |
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