{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-biographies-from-plutarch-to-celebs","title":"A Brief History of Biographies: From Plutarch to Celebs","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAndrew Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.7 x 0.64 x 19.69 cm | 144 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHesperus Press | 2011 | 9781843919728\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoes the success of warts-and-all celebrity biographies betray our prurient, voyeuristic times? Or is a fascination with the lives and struggles of others a facet of human nature, reflected in literary tastes through the ages? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModern biographies, Andrew Brown argues, inspire by framing life as a struggle - against drink, drugs, depression or deprivation - that is eventually won. Yet this trajectory can be found in even the earliest lives of saints, struggling against the devil. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Biographies\u003c\/em\u003e considers the ways in which developments such as changing attitudes to subjectivity and the self, the cult of the artist and psychoanalysis have brought this most fascinating of forms from its early religious connotations to its present state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hesperus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294412718338,"sku":"BK-HES-BHB-001-M","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_0854.jpg?v=1774967195","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/a-brief-history-of-biographies-from-plutarch-to-celebs","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}