Works on Paper: The Craft of Biography and Autobiography

by Michael Holroyd

Book Overview

Works on Paper is a selection by one of today's leading biographers from his lectures, essays, and reviews written over the last quarter of a century--mainly on the craft of biography and autobiography, but also covering what Michael Holroyd describes as his "enthusiasms and alibis".

Opening with a startling attack on biography, which is answered by two essays on the ethics and values of non-fiction writing, the book goes on to examine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619022761
• ISBN13: 9781619022768
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"