The Biographer's Craft/Practical Advice on Gathering, Writing, Shaping and Polishing Biographical Material - Softcover
Tells how to select a subject, handle research and develop a style, describes different approaches to biography, and shows how to submit a manuscript
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Drawing on his experience as the biographer of several American figures, Lomask offers a practical manual for the beginning biographer and autobiographer. He outlines the scholarly apparatus neededquotes, notes, bibliographyand sketches the nature of the medium, selecting a subject, methods of finding and using sources, questions of style and tone. Lomask illustrates his points with examples from a variety of biographies and autobiographies, and concludes with advice on securing a publisher. This clear and simple book should be helpful both to the apprentice in and the student of the art. Milton Meltzer, New York
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0060913878
- ISBN 13 9780060913878
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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