English biography in the seventeenth century : a critical survey /
"Although biography is one of today's most flourishing literary genres, its early history has attracted much less attention than that of other forms, a neglect that is especially apparent in the case of the formative period of English biography, the seventeenth century. This new work by Al...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2005], ©2005
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Table of Contents:
- The growth of biographical writing.
- Lives of the Protestant saints.
- Patterns in religious biography.
- Izaak Walton's lives.
- Lives of public figures.
- Lives of writers: scientists and antiquaries.
- Lives of the poets.
- Brief lives: Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood.
- Brief lives: John Aubrey.
- Biography as family history.
- Roger North: lives of the Norths
- 1 The Growth of Biographical Writing 9
- 2 Lives of the Protestant Saints 30
- 3 Patterns in Religious Biography 53
- 4 Izaak Walton's Lives 78
- 5 Lives of Public Figures 91
- 6 Lives of Writers: Scientists and Antiquaries 114
- 7 Lives of the Poets 128
- 8 Brief Lives: Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood 145
- 9 Brief Lives: John Aubrey 170
- 10 Biography as Family History 199
- 11 Roger North: Lives of the Norths 219
- 1 The growth of biographical writing
- 2. Lives of the Protestant saints
- 3. Patterns in religious biography
- 4. Izaak Walton's lives
- 5. Lives of public figures
- 6. Lives of writers : scientists and antiquaries
- 7. Lives of the poets
- 8. Brief lives : Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood
- 9. Brief lives : John Aubrey
- 10. Biography as family history
- 11. Roger North : lives of the Norths.
- 1 The growth of biographical writing
- 2. Lives of the Protestant saints
- 3. Patterns in religious biography
- 4. Izaak Walton's lives
- 5. Lives of public figures
- 6. Lives of writers : scientists and antiquaries
- 7. Lives of the poets
- 8. Brief lives : Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood
- 9. Brief lives : John Aubrey
- 10. Biography as family history
- 11. Roger North : lives of the Norths.