Biography - A Very Short Introduction

Biography is one of the most popular and widely-read of literary genres. It can also be controversial, scandalous, and hotly debated. And it is by no means a fixed or stable form of literature. Biography has gone through many centuries of change and exists in many different versions. This volume explains what biography does and how it works. It asks why we are so fascinated by the lives of others, and what we expect when we come to read biography...