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"In The Impossible Craft, Scott Donaldson explores the rocky territory of literary biography, the most difficult that biographers try to navigate. Writers are accustomed to controlling the narrative, and notoriously opposed to allowing intruders on their turf. They make bonfires of their papers...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In The Impossible Craft, Scott Donaldson explores the rocky territory of literary biography, the most difficult that biographers try to navigate. Writers are accustomed to controlling the narrative, and notoriously opposed to allowing intruders on their turf. They make bonfires of their papers, encourage others to destroy correspondence, write their own autobiographies, and appoint family or friends to protect their reputations as official biographers. Thomas Hardy went so far as to compose his own life story to be published after his death, while falsely assigning authorship to his widow. After a brief background sketch of the history of biography from Greco-Roman times to the present, Donaldson recounts his experiences in writing biographies of a broad range of twentieth-century American writers: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Archibald MacLeish, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Winfield Townley Scott, and Charlie Fenton. Donaldson provides readers with a highly readable insiders'introduction to literary biography. He suggests how to conduct interviews, and what not to do during the process. He offers sound advice about how closely biographers should identify with their subjects. He examines the ethical obligations of the biographer, who must aim for the truth without unduly or unnecessarily causing discomfort or worse to survivors. He shows us why and how misinformation comes into existence and tends to persist over time. He describes "the mythical ideal biographer," an imaginary creature of universal intelligence and myriad talents beyond the reach of any single human being. And he suggests how its very impossibility makes the goal of writing a biography that captures the personality of an author a challenge well worth pursuing"--Publisher's description |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271067049 0271067047 |
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| spelling | Donaldson, Scott, 1928-2020, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcvgCXvV397pPqjbTbVC The impossible craft : literary biography / Scott Donaldson. University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Penn State series in the history of the book Includes bibliographical references and index. Vendor-supplied metadata. "In The Impossible Craft, Scott Donaldson explores the rocky territory of literary biography, the most difficult that biographers try to navigate. Writers are accustomed to controlling the narrative, and notoriously opposed to allowing intruders on their turf. They make bonfires of their papers, encourage others to destroy correspondence, write their own autobiographies, and appoint family or friends to protect their reputations as official biographers. Thomas Hardy went so far as to compose his own life story to be published after his death, while falsely assigning authorship to his widow. After a brief background sketch of the history of biography from Greco-Roman times to the present, Donaldson recounts his experiences in writing biographies of a broad range of twentieth-century American writers: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Archibald MacLeish, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Winfield Townley Scott, and Charlie Fenton. Donaldson provides readers with a highly readable insiders'introduction to literary biography. He suggests how to conduct interviews, and what not to do during the process. He offers sound advice about how closely biographers should identify with their subjects. He examines the ethical obligations of the biographer, who must aim for the truth without unduly or unnecessarily causing discomfort or worse to survivors. He shows us why and how misinformation comes into existence and tends to persist over time. He describes "the mythical ideal biographer," an imaginary creature of universal intelligence and myriad talents beyond the reach of any single human being. And he suggests how its very impossibility makes the goal of writing a biography that captures the personality of an author a challenge well worth pursuing"--Publisher's description Beginnings -- Topics in literary biography -- The impossible craft -- Case studies -- The Cheever misadventure. Donaldson, Scott, 1928-2020. Donaldson, Scott, 1928-2020 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcvgCXvV397pPqjbTbVC Biography as a literary form. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014164 Authors Biography Authorship. Authors, American Biography History and criticism Theory, etc. Biographers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014148 Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014152 Biographie (Genre littéraire) Biographes. Biographies. biographies (literary works) aat biographers. aat biography (general genre) aat BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Political. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Reference. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Rich & Famous. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Royalty. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Publishing. bisacsh Authors fast Biographers fast Biography as a literary form fast Biographies fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: The impossible craft (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH6VcCD9KD76d4fxcmFYfq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Penn State series in the history of the book. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95032002 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1029553 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1029553 Volltext |
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