Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 573.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 08:57:13 +0000
From: Randall Pierce <rpierce@jsucc.jsu.edu>
Subject: biographastry
The American Historical Association has considered biographical writing
from many aspects over the years. Who should write a biography? When?
How about "objectivity" and "subjectivity"? Is it better for the
biographer to know the subject? Or not? An entire field of
historiography is devoted to the genre'. Is it best left to the
professional historian? Does a novelist have a part in biographical
writing? All of these are questions which the AHA has debated for years.
Questions concerning primary and secondary sources are, of course, of
greatest import. I would recommend any aspiring biographer to see these
studies. Randall
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