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The Literature of the Book: Biographies and Autobiographies

The Literature of the Book: Biographies and Autobiographies LOGOS 200 LOGOS 15/4 © WHURR PUBLISHERS 2004 The Literature of the Book: Biographies and Autobiographies Gordon Graham Publishers are the only professionals who can be sure their autobiographies will be published. Even if they don’t do it themselves, they have friends who will do it for them. Ranging from memoirs which leave the reader wishing they were longer to tomes which tire hands as well as mind, publishers’ autobiographies are a ticklish genre from which to m a k e a s e l e c t i o n . S o m e h i g h l y c o m p e t e n t publishers write dull and unrevealing books. Some lightweight publishers write attractively. S o m e t r a d e p u b l i s h e r s ’ a u t o b i o g r a p h i e s a b o u n d w i t h a n e c d o t e s , m o s t l y a b o u t f a m o u s authors. Such name-dropping exercises http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

The Literature of the Book: Biographies and Autobiographies

Logos , Volume 15 (4): 200 – Jan 1, 2004

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0957-9656
eISSN
1878-4712
DOI
10.2959/logo.2004.15.4.200
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LOGOS 200 LOGOS 15/4 © WHURR PUBLISHERS 2004 The Literature of the Book: Biographies and Autobiographies Gordon Graham Publishers are the only professionals who can be sure their autobiographies will be published. Even if they don’t do it themselves, they have friends who will do it for them. Ranging from memoirs which leave the reader wishing they were longer to tomes which tire hands as well as mind, publishers’ autobiographies are a ticklish genre from which to m a k e a s e l e c t i o n . S o m e h i g h l y c o m p e t e n t publishers write dull and unrevealing books. Some lightweight publishers write attractively. S o m e t r a d e p u b l i s h e r s ’ a u t o b i o g r a p h i e s a b o u n d w i t h a n e c d o t e s , m o s t l y a b o u t f a m o u s authors. Such name-dropping exercises

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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