{"product_id":"2026100007210-secondhand-the-craft-of-literary-biography","title":"The Craft Of Literary Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat separates a masterful literary biography from a mere recounting of facts? The Craft of Literary Biography, edited by Jeffrey Meyers, brings together fourteen distinguished biographers to answer that very question, offering an authoritative and richly varied examination of the art and discipline behind some of literature's most celebrated life-writings. Each contributor — including Lyndall Gordon, Nigel Hamilton, Ronald Hayman, Frederick R. Karl, Phillip Knightley, and Elizabeth Longford, among others — chronicles their own methods, challenges, and revelations in reconstructing the lives of major literary figures, making this anthology an indispensable guide to the biographical form.\n\nThe collection presents a fascinating dialogue between scholarship and artistry, arguing that the best literary biography demands not only rigorous research but also imaginative empathy and narrative skill. Meyers, himself a prolific and acclaimed biographer, assembles a chorus of expert voices that together illustrate the ethical dilemmas, archival discoveries, and interpretive choices that shape every biographical endeavour. For readers, writers, and scholars alike, this volume raises an irresistible question: when a biographer steps into a life not their own, where does fact end and interpretation begin?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130936762587,"sku":"2026100007210-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/49899ffb-ad34-4cf7-abf3-e0debf9e92a1.png?v=1786592788","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007210-secondhand-the-craft-of-literary-biography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}