Works on Paper by Michael Holroyd
A selection by one of today's leading biographers of his lectures, essays, and reviews written over the last quarter of a century--mainly on the craft of biography and autobiography, but also covering what Michael Holroyd describes as his "enthusiasms and alibis"Opening with a startling attack on biography, which is answered by two essays on the ethics and values of non-fiction writing, the book goes on to examine the work of several contemporary biographers, the place of biography in fiction and of fiction in biography, and the revelations of some extravagant autobiographers, from Osbert Sitwell to Quentin Crisp--to which he adds some adventures of his own, in particular an important and unpublished piece The Making of GBS, a riveting story of internecine literary warfare.
The book ends with a series of satires, celebrations, apologias and polemics which throw light not only on Michael Holroyd's progress as a biographer, but also his record as an embattled campaigner in the field of present-day literary politics.
Michael Holroyd is the author of two memoirs, Basil Street Blues and Mosaic, as well as acclaimed biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John, Lytton Strachey, Ellen Terry, and Henry Irving. He is the president emeritus of the Royal Society of Literature and the only nonfiction writer to receive the David Cohen British Award for Literature. He was knighted for his contributions to writing. A Weird Eventful History, his previous work, earned the James Tait Black Memorial Award for biography in 2009. He and his literary wife Margaret Drabble live in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781582431505 |
| ISBN 10 | 1582431507 |
| Title | Works on Paper |
| Author | Michael Holroyd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2002-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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