Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography Paperback - 2007
by Hermione Lee
First line
We all want stories.
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"This book shows why Hermione Lee is a star among British biographers. Generous, witty, provocative, and blissfully free of academic jargon, it takes us into the heart of the current debate about the nature and value of life writing. Lee's meticulous readings constantly give rise to the largest, most challenging questions about the genre. Playful but always wonderfully erudite, this is a superb collection that will prove immensely influential."--Richard Holmes, author of "Shelley: The Pursuit"
"Hermione Lee, a biographer justly noted for her scrupulous erudition, tact, and grace of expression, is expert at sifting the telling, resonant detail from the litter of evidence that might overwhelm less observant and meticulous minds. These concise and witty essays enrich our understanding of what, either by necessity or choice, may go into and what may be left out of the writing of any life. Yet even when warning us of how much is missing or guessed at in any biography, Lee doesn't let much worth knowing get by her."--Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
"Lee has the rare ability to combine scrupulously careful scholarship with writing that is clear, imaginative, witty, and simply a delight to read. In these wide-ranging essays on various aspects of "life-writing," she takes readers behind the scenes of the biographical process, reflecting on the inevitable gaps and absences of evidence, on the human need for stories, on the film of "The Hours," on death--as the end of a life and the end of a Life--with singular brilliance and insight."--Jean Strouse, Director, Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library
"Lee's immensely enjoyable study will energize debate amongthoughtful readers and should become essential reading for aficionados of literary biography."--"Publishers Weekly"
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- Title Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography
- Author Hermione Lee
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, US
- Date 2007-02-11
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691130446 / 0691130442
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 6.05 x 0.49 in (21.54 x 15.37 x 1.24 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Dewey Decimal Code 820.949
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