Research Catalog

Title

English biography before 1700, by Donald A. Stauffer ...

Author

Stauffer, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1902-1952.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1930.

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Details

Description

xvii, 392 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• 1100-1700
• Biography as a literary form
• Autobiography
• English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
• English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Biographies as Topic
• Autobiographies as Topic
• biographies (literary works)
• autobiography (genre)
• English literature > Early modern
• English literature > Middle English

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Biographies.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Autobiography.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [287]-372.

Contents

The mediaeval period, 700-1500: The saint's life. The royal chronicle -- The Renaissance, 1500-1600: Historical survey. Sir Thomas More. Erasmus. The influence of classical biography. The influence of continental biography. The influence of a growing national consciousness. The increasing desire for memorials to the dead -- Ecclestiastical biography: Historical survey. Critical survey -- Izaak Walton. Individuality of the separate lives. Unity of the collected five lives. Characteristics of Walton as a biographer -- Intimate biography: Historical survey. The contribution of intimate biography -- The autobiography: Historical survey. Critical summary -- A critical survey: History of the word "biography" in English. Biography in relation to other forms of literature. Current conceptions of biography before 1700. Characteristics of early English biography. Early English biography as a part of English literature.

ISBN

• 9780674436060
• 0674436067

LCCN

• 30022944
• 10.4159/harvard.9780674436060

OCLC

• ocm00798668
• 798668
• SCSB-199112

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library