John Batchelor is a well-known writer and reviewer, has written many books on major British writers, was General Editor of the World's Classics edition of Conrad; and between 1984 and 1990 was judge of the Duff Cooper Prize.
`sprightly collection of essays'
Sunday Times
`deftly edited ... the collection as a whole is refreshingly free
from the excesses of lit-crit gobbledegook.'
Literary Review
`excellent book of essays'
New Statesman and Society
'a most attractive seminar on the art, or craft, of telling the
story of story-tellers' existences'
Valentine Cunningham, The Observer
'the best of these writers highlight what fun biography can be, and
so shed light on a fascinating cultural phenomenon'
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
'sprightly collection of essays on the art of biography'
Anthony Quinn, Sunday Times
'in this excellent book of essays 17 important biographers wrestle
with their own practice'
Kathryn Hughes, New Statesman & Society
'contains some excellent essays'
Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
`...excellent book...The Art of Literary Biography offers an
intriguing look at variety within the genre.'
Isis
`it is of eminent appeal not only to academics and students of
literature, formal or not, but should be must reading for
journalists, essayists, writers and serious readers of all kinds.
As a handbook on the theory of writing biographies, it is essential
and one of the best books on the subject we have seen to date.'
Scene
`this collection is notable in general for its cheerful
indifference to theory ... There is a widespread awareness that
most theoretical approaches do not describe or illuminate what
biographers do ... lively collection.'
Peter Hollindale, University of York, Review of English Studies,
Vol. XLVIII, No. 189, Feb '97
`an agreeable collection of essays ... with contributions from many
distinguished practitioners ... This is an excellent collection
which forces us to ponder the implications of the word 'art' in its
title; for if biography can be so many kinds of art, what identity
is it left with itself?'
English Studies
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