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OverviewListen to the podcast here. Recent academic historiography has seen a profusion of theoretical perspectives on biography, both analytical and descriptive. Yet many biographers still fear ‘theory’ as antithetical to accessible narration of real lives. This volume presents eighteen essays by more than a dozen scholars and practitioners from Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, and the United States who seek to banish such fear. Writing with candor, wide experience and familiarity with modern teaching, they examine the riches greeting the biographer willing to think more deeply about biography: its inner workings and rationale in a world still hungry for fact and truth. Contributors are: Nigel Hamilton, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, Emma McEwin, Melanie Nolan, Kerstin Maria Pahl, Eric Palmen, Hans Renders, Carl Rollyson, David T. Roth, István M. Szijártó, Jeffrey Tyssens, and David Veltman. See inside the book. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hans Renders , David VeltmanPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 3 Weight: 0.607kg ISBN: 9789004498549ISBN 10: 9004498540 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 02 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Foreword: Scaffolding a House: Biography and the Role of Chance in a Life Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson Section 1: Reflections on Theory and Biography 1 The Deep-Rooted Fear of Theory Among Biographers Hans Renders 2 The Missing Key: Theorizing Modern Historical Biography Nigel Hamilton 3 ‘Have They Caught the Cambridge Structuralist Yet?’ Biography Writing and the Fear of Theory Jeffrey Tyssens 4 Biography and Emotional Practice Kerstin Maria Pahl 5 The Great Individual in History: Historicising Historian’s Biographical Practice Melanie Nolan 6 The Backside of the Biography: Microhistory as a Research Tool Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon Section 2: Case Studies 7 Beyond Verification and Falsification: Biography as Go-Between of Historical Truth Eric Palmen 8 History That Addresses Biography: Ethics and the Vatican Hans Renders 9 Brief Lives: A Microhistorical Approach David T. Roth 10 ‘Une génération spontanée’: Kandinsky Seen Through the Eyes of Felix de Boeck (1898–1995) David Veltman 11 Template for a Biography: What’s the Sense of Theory Hans Renders 12 Building a Better Biography Carl Rollyson 13 Capturing the Subject: Virginia Woolf ’s Battle with Biographical Boundaries Emma McEwin Section 3: Dossier on Microhistory 14 The Representativeness of a Reputation: A ‘Third Wave’ in Microhistory Hans Renders and David Veltman 15 The Devil Is in the Detail: What Is a ‘Great Historical Question’? Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon 16 Arguments for Microhistory 2.0 István M. Szijártó 17 Exceptions That Prove the Rule: Biography, Microhistory and Marginals Hans Renders Bibliography IndexReviewsThis exciting new volume provides reflections and debates about biographical theory and methods from some of the field's leading practitioners and critics through a series of essays, case studies, and jousting among microhistorians. It raises some of the fundamental questions about the nature of biography, if not always answering them definitively. The debates will continue, and this volume will play an important role in stimulating and advancing them. Daniel R. Meister, University of New Brunswick """This exciting new volume provides reflections and debates about biographical theory and methods from some of the field’s leading practitioners and critics through a series of essays, case studies, and jousting among microhistorians. It raises some of the fundamental questions about the nature of biography, if not always answering them definitively. The debates will continue, and this volume will play an important role in stimulating and advancing them."" Daniel R. Meister, University of New Brunswick" Author InformationHans Renders is Professor in History and Theory of Biography at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). He has written two biographies and has published on biographical theory in various international journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the series Biography Studies. David Veltman has a PhD from the University of Groningen. His dissertation, a biography of the artist Felix de Boeck, was written at the Biography Institute. He has published before in Biography. An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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