Description |
xiii, 201 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index. |
Contents |
Biography: the old and the new -- Telling women's lives -- The trap of the stereotype -- Relinquishing stereotypes -- The biographer's problem: women as wives -- A woman's self: wives and writers -- The power of naming -- Listening to women's stories -- Writing about mothers -- Taking control of story: women's voices -- Families of women -- The best of them -- Popular biography -- Revisionist biographies of women. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Biography as a literary form.
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Women -- Biography -- Methodology.
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Added Author |
NetLibrary, Inc.
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Related To |
Original (DLC) 93042403 (OCoLC)29389777 |
ISBN |
0585020272 (electronic bk.) |
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0813520924 |
OCLC # |
42328768 |
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