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Walton's Lives : conformist commemorations and the rise of biography

This work argues that Walton's practice in his "Lives" was crucial in shaping modern expectations of biography. Topics investigated include: how biography should be organised; how it should treat evidence; and how seriously it should regard narrative coherence.
Print Book, English, 2001
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001