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Walton's Lives : conformist commemorations and the rise of biography
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Jessica, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biography as a literary form.
- Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. Lives.
- Walton, Izaak.
- Great Britain--Biography--History and criticism.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 353 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Walton’s Lives
- Walton's lives
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Arguing that Walton's practice in his 'Lives' was crucial in shaping modern expectations of biography, this text investigates topics such as how biography should be organised; how it should treat evidence; and how it should regard narrative coherence.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I: WALTON'S CONTEXT
- 1. Commemorative Strategies
- 2. Reading Plutarch, Writing Lives
- Plutarch as 'schoolemaister'
- Plutarchan Virtue and the Constant Mind
- Portraying Virtue
- Collection, Comparison, and Parallel
- 3. Godly Prototypes
- Texts
- Bodies
- Death
- 'Life, Truly Writ'
- PART II: WALTON'S LIVES
- 4. Walton's Lives of Donne and Herbert
- The Life of Dr. John Donne
- The Life of Mr. George Herbert
- 5. Walton's Lives of Hooker and Sanderson
- Introduction
- The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker
- The Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson
- 6. Walton's Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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