Victorian biography: intellectuals and the ordering of discourse
Gespeichert in:
Beteilige Person: | |
---|---|
Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
New York
St. Martin's Press
1993
|
Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
Schlagwörter: | |
Abstract: | Victorian Biography: Intellectuals and the Ordering of Discourse is a new and original study of an important nineteenth-century genre. The book rethinks Victorian biography and some of its major practitioners from the perspectives of Bakhtinian and Foucaldian discourse theory. The book includes a significant re-reading of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, particularly Sartor Resartus and Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, which emphasises the transgressive role that these writings played in nineteenth-century print culture. This re-reading provides the basis for the central argument of the book: that the biographical writings of such late nineteenth-century figures as John Morley, Frederic Harrison, Leslie Stephen and J.R. Seeley need to be seen as an argument against Carlyle's writing practices, and as an attempt to impose cultural discipline on reading practices. The book contends that biography is a key genre for understanding debates between nineteenth-century intellectuals about the circulation and use of 'literary' and 'historical' discourses. As such, it is also a timely intervention in the current debate about the emergence of the disciplines of 'literature' and 'history' in the nineteenth century. |
Beschreibung: | Zugl.: Diss. |
Umfang: | VII, 199 S. |
ISBN: | 0312103948 |
Internformat
MARC
LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | BV010481460 | ||
003 | DE-604 | ||
005 | 20110418 | ||
007 | t| | ||
008 | 951117s1993 xx m||| 00||| eng d | ||
020 | |a 0312103948 |9 0-312-10394-8 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)28506608 | ||
035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV010481460 | ||
040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
041 | 0 | |a eng | |
049 | |a DE-355 | ||
050 | 0 | |a PR788.B56 | |
082 | 0 | |a 828/.809492 |2 20 | |
084 | |a HL 1091 |0 (DE-625)50379: |2 rvk | ||
100 | 1 | |a Amigoni, David |d 1961- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)143317393 |4 aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Victorian biography |b intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |c David Amigoni |
250 | |a 1. publ. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York |b St. Martin's Press |c 1993 | |
300 | |a VII, 199 S. | ||
336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
500 | |a Zugl.: Diss. | ||
520 | 3 | |a Victorian Biography: Intellectuals and the Ordering of Discourse is a new and original study of an important nineteenth-century genre. The book rethinks Victorian biography and some of its major practitioners from the perspectives of Bakhtinian and Foucaldian discourse theory. The book includes a significant re-reading of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, particularly Sartor Resartus and Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, which emphasises the transgressive role that these writings played in nineteenth-century print culture. This re-reading provides the basis for the central argument of the book: that the biographical writings of such late nineteenth-century figures as John Morley, Frederic Harrison, Leslie Stephen and J.R. Seeley need to be seen as an argument against Carlyle's writing practices, and as an attempt to impose cultural discipline on reading practices. The book contends that biography is a key genre for understanding debates between nineteenth-century intellectuals about the circulation and use of 'literary' and 'historical' discourses. As such, it is also a timely intervention in the current debate about the emergence of the disciplines of 'literature' and 'history' in the nineteenth century. | |
600 | 1 | 7 | |a Carlyle, Thomas |d 1795-1881 |t Sartor Resartus |0 (DE-588)4368764-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
648 | 4 | |a Geschichte 1800-1900 | |
648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1832-1901 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1832-1902 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1837-1901 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1830-1900 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
650 | 4 | |a Geschichte | |
650 | 4 | |a Biography as a literary form | |
650 | 4 | |a Discourse analysis, Literary | |
650 | 4 | |a English prose literature |y 19th century |x History and criticism | |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Biografie |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Intellektueller |0 (DE-588)4027249-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Geistesleben |0 (DE-588)4274490-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Biografische Literatur |0 (DE-588)4312083-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Englisch |0 (DE-588)4014777-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
651 | 4 | |a Großbritannien | |
651 | 4 | |a Great Britain |x History |y Victoria, 1837-1901 |x Biography |x History and criticism | |
651 | 4 | |a Great Britain |x Intellectual life |y 19th century | |
651 | 7 | |a Großbritannien |0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
655 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |a Biografie |2 gnd-content | |
655 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4113937-9 |a Hochschulschrift |2 gnd-content | |
689 | 0 | 0 | |a Großbritannien |0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |D g |
689 | 0 | 1 | |a Geistesleben |0 (DE-588)4274490-8 |D s |
689 | 0 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1830-1900 |A z |
689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 1 | 0 | |a Großbritannien |0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |D g |
689 | 1 | 1 | |a Intellektueller |0 (DE-588)4027249-7 |D s |
689 | 1 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1832-1901 |A z |
689 | 1 | |8 1\p |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 2 | 0 | |a Englisch |0 (DE-588)4014777-0 |D s |
689 | 2 | 1 | |a Biografie |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |D s |
689 | 2 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1832-1901 |A z |
689 | 2 | |8 2\p |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 3 | 0 | |a Englisch |0 (DE-588)4014777-0 |D s |
689 | 3 | 1 | |a Biografie |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |D s |
689 | 3 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1832-1902 |A z |
689 | 3 | |8 3\p |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 4 | 0 | |a Englisch |0 (DE-588)4014777-0 |D s |
689 | 4 | 1 | |a Biografie |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |D s |
689 | 4 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1837-1901 |A z |
689 | 4 | |8 4\p |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 5 | 0 | |a Englisch |0 (DE-588)4014777-0 |D s |
689 | 5 | 1 | |a Biografische Literatur |0 (DE-588)4312083-0 |D s |
689 | 5 | 2 | |a Geschichte 1830-1900 |A z |
689 | 5 | |8 5\p |5 DE-604 | |
689 | 6 | 0 | |a Carlyle, Thomas |d 1795-1881 |t Sartor Resartus |0 (DE-588)4368764-7 |D u |
689 | 6 | |8 6\p |5 DE-604 | |
883 | 1 | |8 1\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
883 | 1 | |8 2\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
883 | 1 | |8 3\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
883 | 1 | |8 4\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
883 | 1 | |8 5\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
883 | 1 | |8 6\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-006984654 |
Datensatz im Suchindex
_version_ | 1818952723427491840 |
---|---|
any_adam_object | |
author | Amigoni, David 1961- |
author_GND | (DE-588)143317393 |
author_facet | Amigoni, David 1961- |
author_role | aut |
author_sort | Amigoni, David 1961- |
author_variant | d a da |
building | Verbundindex |
bvnumber | BV010481460 |
callnumber-first | P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-label | PR788 |
callnumber-raw | PR788.B56 |
callnumber-search | PR788.B56 |
callnumber-sort | PR 3788 B56 |
callnumber-subject | PR - English Literature |
classification_rvk | HL 1091 |
ctrlnum | (OCoLC)28506608 (DE-599)BVBBV010481460 |
dewey-full | 828/.809492 |
dewey-hundreds | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
dewey-ones | 828 - English miscellaneous writings |
dewey-raw | 828/.809492 |
dewey-search | 828/.809492 |
dewey-sort | 3828 6809492 |
dewey-tens | 820 - English & Old English literatures |
discipline | Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
edition | 1. publ. |
era | Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1832-1901 gnd Geschichte 1832-1902 gnd Geschichte 1837-1901 gnd Geschichte 1830-1900 gnd |
era_facet | Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1832-1901 Geschichte 1832-1902 Geschichte 1837-1901 Geschichte 1830-1900 |
format | Book |
fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>05020nam a2200961 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV010481460</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20110418 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t|</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">951117s1993 xx m||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0312103948</subfield><subfield code="9">0-312-10394-8</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)28506608</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV010481460</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-355</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">PR788.B56</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">828/.809492</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HL 1091</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)50379:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Amigoni, David</subfield><subfield code="d">1961-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)143317393</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Victorian biography</subfield><subfield code="b">intellectuals and the ordering of discourse</subfield><subfield code="c">David Amigoni</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1. publ.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York</subfield><subfield code="b">St. Martin's Press</subfield><subfield code="c">1993</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">VII, 199 S.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Zugl.: Diss.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Victorian Biography: Intellectuals and the Ordering of Discourse is a new and original study of an important nineteenth-century genre. The book rethinks Victorian biography and some of its major practitioners from the perspectives of Bakhtinian and Foucaldian discourse theory. The book includes a significant re-reading of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, particularly Sartor Resartus and Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, which emphasises the transgressive role that these writings played in nineteenth-century print culture. This re-reading provides the basis for the central argument of the book: that the biographical writings of such late nineteenth-century figures as John Morley, Frederic Harrison, Leslie Stephen and J.R. Seeley need to be seen as an argument against Carlyle's writing practices, and as an attempt to impose cultural discipline on reading practices. The book contends that biography is a key genre for understanding debates between nineteenth-century intellectuals about the circulation and use of 'literary' and 'historical' discourses. As such, it is also a timely intervention in the current debate about the emergence of the disciplines of 'literature' and 'history' in the nineteenth century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Carlyle, Thomas</subfield><subfield code="d">1795-1881</subfield><subfield code="t">Sartor Resartus</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4368764-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1800-1900</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1832-1901</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1832-1902</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1837-1901</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1830-1900</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Biography as a literary form</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Discourse analysis, Literary</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">English prose literature</subfield><subfield code="y">19th century</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Intellektueller</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4027249-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geistesleben</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4274490-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biografische Literatur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4312083-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4014777-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Great Britain</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="y">Victoria, 1837-1901</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Great Britain</subfield><subfield code="x">Intellectual life</subfield><subfield code="y">19th century</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4022153-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4113937-9</subfield><subfield code="a">Hochschulschrift</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4022153-2</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Geistesleben</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4274490-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1830-1900</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4022153-2</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Intellektueller</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4027249-7</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1832-1901</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="2" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4014777-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="2" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="2" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1832-1901</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="2" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">2\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="3" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4014777-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="3" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="3" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1832-1902</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">3\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4014777-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="4" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1837-1901</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="4" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">4\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="5" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4014777-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="5" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Biografische Literatur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4312083-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="5" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1830-1900</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="5" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">5\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="6" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Carlyle, Thomas</subfield><subfield code="d">1795-1881</subfield><subfield code="t">Sartor Resartus</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4368764-7</subfield><subfield code="D">u</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="6" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">6\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">2\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">3\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">4\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">5\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">6\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-006984654</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
genre | (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content |
genre_facet | Biografie Hochschulschrift |
geographic | Großbritannien Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography History and criticism Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd |
geographic_facet | Großbritannien Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography History and criticism Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
id | DE-604.BV010481460 |
illustrated | Not Illustrated |
indexdate | 2024-12-20T09:54:55Z |
institution | BVB |
isbn | 0312103948 |
language | English |
oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-006984654 |
oclc_num | 28506608 |
open_access_boolean | |
owner | DE-355 DE-BY-UBR |
owner_facet | DE-355 DE-BY-UBR |
physical | VII, 199 S. |
publishDate | 1993 |
publishDateSearch | 1993 |
publishDateSort | 1993 |
publisher | St. Martin's Press |
record_format | marc |
spelling | Amigoni, David 1961- Verfasser (DE-588)143317393 aut Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse David Amigoni 1. publ. New York St. Martin's Press 1993 VII, 199 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Zugl.: Diss. Victorian Biography: Intellectuals and the Ordering of Discourse is a new and original study of an important nineteenth-century genre. The book rethinks Victorian biography and some of its major practitioners from the perspectives of Bakhtinian and Foucaldian discourse theory. The book includes a significant re-reading of the writings of Thomas Carlyle, particularly Sartor Resartus and Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, which emphasises the transgressive role that these writings played in nineteenth-century print culture. This re-reading provides the basis for the central argument of the book: that the biographical writings of such late nineteenth-century figures as John Morley, Frederic Harrison, Leslie Stephen and J.R. Seeley need to be seen as an argument against Carlyle's writing practices, and as an attempt to impose cultural discipline on reading practices. The book contends that biography is a key genre for understanding debates between nineteenth-century intellectuals about the circulation and use of 'literary' and 'historical' discourses. As such, it is also a timely intervention in the current debate about the emergence of the disciplines of 'literature' and 'history' in the nineteenth century. Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Sartor Resartus (DE-588)4368764-7 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1832-1901 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1832-1902 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1837-1901 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1830-1900 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Biography as a literary form Discourse analysis, Literary English prose literature 19th century History and criticism Biografie (DE-588)4006804-3 gnd rswk-swf Intellektueller (DE-588)4027249-7 gnd rswk-swf Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd rswk-swf Biografische Literatur (DE-588)4312083-0 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography History and criticism Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 s Geschichte 1830-1900 z DE-604 Intellektueller (DE-588)4027249-7 s Geschichte 1832-1901 z 1\p DE-604 Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s Biografie (DE-588)4006804-3 s 2\p DE-604 Geschichte 1832-1902 z 3\p DE-604 Geschichte 1837-1901 z 4\p DE-604 Biografische Literatur (DE-588)4312083-0 s 5\p DE-604 Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Sartor Resartus (DE-588)4368764-7 u 6\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 5\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 6\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Amigoni, David 1961- Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Sartor Resartus (DE-588)4368764-7 gnd Geschichte Biography as a literary form Discourse analysis, Literary English prose literature 19th century History and criticism Biografie (DE-588)4006804-3 gnd Intellektueller (DE-588)4027249-7 gnd Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd Biografische Literatur (DE-588)4312083-0 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd |
subject_GND | (DE-588)4368764-7 (DE-588)4006804-3 (DE-588)4027249-7 (DE-588)4274490-8 (DE-588)4312083-0 (DE-588)4014777-0 (DE-588)4022153-2 (DE-588)4113937-9 |
title | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |
title_auth | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |
title_exact_search | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |
title_full | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse David Amigoni |
title_fullStr | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse David Amigoni |
title_full_unstemmed | Victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse David Amigoni |
title_short | Victorian biography |
title_sort | victorian biography intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |
title_sub | intellectuals and the ordering of discourse |
topic | Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Sartor Resartus (DE-588)4368764-7 gnd Geschichte Biography as a literary form Discourse analysis, Literary English prose literature 19th century History and criticism Biografie (DE-588)4006804-3 gnd Intellektueller (DE-588)4027249-7 gnd Geistesleben (DE-588)4274490-8 gnd Biografische Literatur (DE-588)4312083-0 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd |
topic_facet | Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Sartor Resartus Geschichte Biography as a literary form Discourse analysis, Literary English prose literature 19th century History and criticism Biografie Intellektueller Geistesleben Biografische Literatur Englisch Großbritannien Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography History and criticism Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century Hochschulschrift |
work_keys_str_mv | AT amigonidavid victorianbiographyintellectualsandtheorderingofdiscourse |