Victorian biography reconsidered: a study of nineteenth-century 'hidden' lives
Atkinson, Juliette
Through an examination of numerous biographies, from the lives of working-class scientists to minor women writers, Victorian Biography Reconsidered examines how and why nineteenth-century biographers challenged the contemporary obsession with 'Great Men' and brought to public attention the lives of neglected or unknown men and women. INDICE: Introduction; 1: The Many Faces of Victorian Biography; 2: Victorian Hero-Worship; 3: 'The simple annals of the poor': Biographies of Humble Men; 4: 'Tragic failures' and 'happy mediocrity': Biographies of Unsuccessful Men; 5: 'Quiet and uneventful'?: Female Literary Biography; 6: 'Inheritors of unfulfill'd renown': Championing Romantic Poets; 7: 'Forgotten Benefactors': the Dictionary of National Biography; Conclusion: 'The Lives of the Obscure' and Virginia Woolf; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957213-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés