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Author:   Carl Rollyson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781476663258

ISBN 10:   1476663254
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 March 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Resolutely Indiscreet 1: Richard Ellmann and the Advent of Ruthless Biography 2: Picking a Victim 3: Becoming a Biographer: Marilyn Monroe Made Me Do It 4: Hazarding Lillian Hellman: Discovering the Virtues of Fair Use 5: Martha and Me: The Promise and Peril of Unauthorized Biography 6: The Biographer Who Came In from the Cold: Becoming Rebecca West’s Authorized Biographer 7: Susan Sontag: The Making of a Biography 8: Becoming Jill Craigie’s Deauthorized Biographer and Michael Foot’s Boswell 9: Intermission: From Picking a Victim to Pontificating on Subjects 10: Another Sylvia Plath Biography? 11: Biography, My Father, Dana Andrews and Me 12: Amy Lowell, the Silent Woman and the Biographical Deficit 13: Missed Connections 14: Work in Progress: William Faulkner Index

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"""Rollyson's breezy account of the art and craft of biography is rich in gossip, and readers will enjoy juicy details...this useful guide exemplifies how one biographer approaches his work...recommended""--Choice."

Rollyson's breezy account of the art and craft of biography is rich in gossip, and readers will enjoy juicy details...this useful guide exemplifies how one biographer approaches his work...recommended --<i>Choice</i>.

Author Information

Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York. He lives in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

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