Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A Companion to Literary Biography |
| Editors | Richard Bradford |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 195-212 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118896433 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118896297 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Oct 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
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Blurred Boundaries : Literary Biography, Literary Autobiography, and Evidence. / Underwood, James.
A Companion to Literary Biography. ed. / Richard Bradford. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018. p. 195-212 (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Blurred Boundaries
T2 - Literary Biography, Literary Autobiography, and Evidence
AU - Underwood, James
PY - 2018/10/17
Y1 - 2018/10/17
N2 - This chapter interrogates a number of questions about literary texts and their biographical value by exploring significant moments in the lives and afterlives of four controversial writers: Thomas Hardy, Anne Sexton, Ted Hughes, and Elizabeth Bishop. In what ways are literary texts treated as (auto)biographical? What role do ex cathedra sources play? What counts as ex cathedra? What kind of artistic status do literary texts commonly regarded as (auto)biographical assume? Is it possible to shun biographical knowledge? And can biography ever truly account for the power of literary texts?
AB - This chapter interrogates a number of questions about literary texts and their biographical value by exploring significant moments in the lives and afterlives of four controversial writers: Thomas Hardy, Anne Sexton, Ted Hughes, and Elizabeth Bishop. In what ways are literary texts treated as (auto)biographical? What role do ex cathedra sources play? What counts as ex cathedra? What kind of artistic status do literary texts commonly regarded as (auto)biographical assume? Is it possible to shun biographical knowledge? And can biography ever truly account for the power of literary texts?
KW - literary biography
KW - poetry and biography
KW - literature as autobiography
KW - Thomas Hardy
KW - Anne Sexton
KW - Ted Hughes
KW - Elizabeth Bishop
UR - https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/A+Companion+to+Literary+Biography-p-9781118896433
U2 - 10.1002/9781118896433.ch11
DO - 10.1002/9781118896433.ch11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781118896297
T3 - Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
SP - 195
EP - 212
BT - A Companion to Literary Biography
A2 - Bradford, Richard
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
ER -