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Art Into Life: The Craft of Literary Biography
Art Into Life is a collection of essays by the late Frederick R. Karl that showcases his experience and advice for writing literary biographies.
Karl is best known for his biographies of Franz Kafka, George Eliot, William Faulkner, and Joseph Conrad. Part memoir, part detective story, part literary exegesis, part psychological exploration, this comprehensive collection of essays remains free of critical or theoretical jargon.
Whether he’s writing about Conrad’s suicide attempt, Faulkner’s drinking bouts, Kafka’s maternal bond, or George Eliot’s love life, Karl never wavers from his focus on individual experience shaping modern art.
Cultural Writing. An exploration into the art of literary biography by one of the most important literary critics of the twentieth century.
This book is part memoir, part detective story, part literary analysis, part quest for the broadest and deepest insights.
Throughout, the style is graceful and accessible, free of critical or theoretical jargon.
Here, the biographer of Conrad, Kafka, Faulkner, and George Eliot reveals how the lives of the great literary figures are told.
Frederick Karl is the author of four biographies as well as several volumes of literary criticism, among them American Fictions: 1940-1980.
He is the generaleditor of The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, five volumes of which have appeared.
About the Author
Frederick Karl is the author of several books: biographies of Joseph Conrad, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and George Eliot; as well as several volumes of literary criticism, among them American Fictions: 1940-1980.
He was, also, general editor and volume co-editor of the Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, five volumes of which have appeared.
Art Into Life: The Craft of Literary Biography
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