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The Written Portrait: Biographical and Autobiographical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century

The Written Portrait: Biographical and Autobiographical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century BRILL Qut£rendo 37 (2007) 226-2 43 ~ www.brill.nl/qua The Written Portrait: Biographical and Autobiographical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century Marijke Huisman Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Abstract The origins of modern autobiography are generally related to processes of introspection and individualization. Marijke Huisman argues there may also have been a connection between the rise of the genre and the commercialization of the book market. Assuming that their readers were interested in the lives of famous men and women, in the second half of the nineteenth century Dutch publishers presented an increasing amount of biographical and autobiographical narra- tives. However, few literary authors of standing published autobiographies. Those who did were either famous people in financial difficulty or marginal writers finding a way to capitalize on their name and fame in a commercial market. Keywords autobiography, authorship, celebrity, nineteenth centuty, Netherlands On the thirty-first ofJanuary 2006, Alan Greenspan said goodbye to the Fed- eral Reserve System; for eighteen years he had been president of the Central Bank of the United States. In this capacity he was one of the most powerful people in the world, and according to a newspaper report many people are interested in the tales men http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

The Written Portrait: Biographical and Autobiographical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century

Quaerendo , Volume 37 (3): 226 – Jan 1, 2007

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0014-9527
eISSN
1570-0690
DOI
10.1163/157006907X244519
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BRILL Qut£rendo 37 (2007) 226-2 43 ~ www.brill.nl/qua The Written Portrait: Biographical and Autobiographical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century Marijke Huisman Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Abstract The origins of modern autobiography are generally related to processes of introspection and individualization. Marijke Huisman argues there may also have been a connection between the rise of the genre and the commercialization of the book market. Assuming that their readers were interested in the lives of famous men and women, in the second half of the nineteenth century Dutch publishers presented an increasing amount of biographical and autobiographical narra- tives. However, few literary authors of standing published autobiographies. Those who did were either famous people in financial difficulty or marginal writers finding a way to capitalize on their name and fame in a commercial market. Keywords autobiography, authorship, celebrity, nineteenth centuty, Netherlands On the thirty-first ofJanuary 2006, Alan Greenspan said goodbye to the Fed- eral Reserve System; for eighteen years he had been president of the Central Bank of the United States. In this capacity he was one of the most powerful people in the world, and according to a newspaper report many people are interested in the tales men

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QuaerendoBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: CELEBRITY; AUTHORSHIP; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NETHERLANDS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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