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Birgitte Possing. Understanding Biographies; Caitríona Ní Dhúill. Metabiography

Rosengren, Henrik LU (2021) In European Journal of Life Writing 9. p.31-36
Abstract
Both in the Scandinavian countries and in Germany, the status of biographical writing has changed to a far greater extent in the last fifty years than in the Anglo-Saxon world. In the latter context, biography has been more popular than in Germany and, for example, Denmark and Sweden. It has continuously been regarded as both a genre worthy from a scholarly career point of view and as a means for scholars, such as historians, to reach a wider audience outside the academic ivory tower. Explanations for this difference may lie in diverse scholarly traditions where American and British scholars have consciously strived for a larger readership than the purely specialized and interdisciplinary one. An Anglo-Saxon narrative tradition in which... (More)
Both in the Scandinavian countries and in Germany, the status of biographical writing has changed to a far greater extent in the last fifty years than in the Anglo-Saxon world. In the latter context, biography has been more popular than in Germany and, for example, Denmark and Sweden. It has continuously been regarded as both a genre worthy from a scholarly career point of view and as a means for scholars, such as historians, to reach a wider audience outside the academic ivory tower. Explanations for this difference may lie in diverse scholarly traditions where American and British scholars have consciously strived for a larger readership than the purely specialized and interdisciplinary one. An Anglo-Saxon narrative tradition in which language, style and composition have been key words has supported biography writing. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
recension av två böcker om vetenskapligt biografiskrivande
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Reviewed Works: Birgitte Possing. Understanding Biographies: On Biographies in History and Stories in Biography (Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2017, ISBN 9788776749927). Caitríona Ní Dhúill. Metabiography: Reflecting on Biography (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN 9783030346621).
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  series       = {{European Journal of Life Writing}},
  title        = {{Birgitte Possing. Understanding Biographies; Caitríona Ní Dhúill. Metabiography}},
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