BIOGRAPHY WRITING LIVES

PARKE SURVEYS BIOGRAPHY FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT, FOCUSING HER ANALYSIS ON WESTERN CULTURE, AND PROVIDING DETAILED READINGS OF WORKS BY JAMES BOSWELL, RICHARD ELLMAN, AND GERTRUDE STEIN (WHO TOGETHER REPRESENT THE VARIETY OF MODERN LITERARY BIOGRAPHY), DEVOTING INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS TO SAMUEL JOHNSON AND VIRGINIA WOOLF.