The Progress of a Biographer

The Progress of a Biographer, first published in 1949, follows a general principle that there are absolute truths that individuals can apprehend and live by, while churches and institutions can obscure and pervert them. The author has attempted to suggest the leading characteristics and governing impulses of his subjects to clarify rather than criticize. The book will be of interest to students across disciplines, particularly those of English literature.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

First published in 1949, The Progress of a Biographer follows a general principle that there are absolute truths that an individual can in some degree apprehend and live by, but that churches and institutions can only obscure and pervert. This principle is followed for the sketches in this book, most of which were written between the end of World War II and the spring of 1948. The subjects range from P.G. Wodehouse to Karl Marx, from W.B. Yeats to Thackeray, and from Rainer Maria Rilke to Lloyd George. Believing that to understand a man's work, one must form a coherent impression of the man, the author has tried to suggest the leading characteristics and governing impulses of his subjects. His intention has been to clarify rather than to criticize, though doubtless the affect may sometimes be one of criticism falling short of clarification. The book will be of interest to students across disciplines but will particularly appeal to students of English literature.

First published in 1949, The Progress of a Biographer follows a general principle that there are absolute truths that an individual can in some degree apprehend and live by, but that churches and institutions can only obscure and pervert. This principle is followed for the sketches in this book, most of which were written between the end of World War II and the spring of 1948. The subjects range from P.G. Wodehouse to Karl Marx, from W.B. Yeats to Thackeray, and from Rainer Maria Rilke to Lloyd George. Believing that to understand a man's work, one must form a coherent impression of the man, the author has tried to suggest the leading characteristics and governing impulses of his subjects. His intention has been to clarify rather than to criticize, though doubtless the affect may sometimes be one of criticism falling short of clarification. The book will be of interest to students across disciplines but will particularly appeal to students of English literature.

Weight: 535g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032224428