1st Edition

Biography Writing Lives

By Catherine N. Parke Copyright 2002

    Catherine Parke explores biography through detailed examinations of Samuel Johnson, Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein and other masters of the genre.

    Preface -- Chronology -- Chapter 1 Biography: An Overview of the Genre -- Chapter 2 Majority Biography 1: Samuel Johnson -- Chapter 3 Majority Biography 2: Virginia Woolf -- Chapter 4 Minority Biography: Alice James and Langston Hughes -- Chapter 5 Group and Collective Biography and Biographical Series -- Bibliographic Essay -- Notes and References -- Recommended Biographies: A Selected List -- Index.

    Biography

    Catherine N. Parke teaches English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of Samuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking and Other People's Lives.