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Dictionary of National Biography, The
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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© The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information)
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Dictionary of National Biography, The, designed and published by George
Smith, was begun in 1882 with Sir L.
Stephen as editor. It included in its original form biographies of all national notabilities from earliest times to 1900. The work has been continued by the publishing of decennial supplements. Stephen was succeeded in the editorship by Sir Sidney
Lee. In 1917 the
DNB was transferred to the
Oxford University Press. The
Concise DNB is in two parts: Part I, epitome of the
DNB from earliest times to 1900, and Part 2, epitome of the supplements, 1901–70. The
New Dictionary of National Biography will be published in 2004, edited by Colin Matthew.
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BIOGRAPHIES AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO FICTION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...is that of biographies and autobiographies...would confuse biography and bibliography. A biography is a written...autobiographies are biographies of a person...individual biography since it is...collective biographies written about...
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BIOGRAPHIES, INC. OPENS ITS DOORS TO NEW ENGLAND
PR Newswire; 2/10/1995; 700+ words
; ...authored The Cola Wars, a biography of The Coca-Cola...Pepsico. His next biography will chronicle dinosaur...Based in Cambridge, Biographies provides detailed life...said Brisson. "Biographies, Inc. allows them...and drama that only a biography can provide." "Individuals...
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BIOGRAPHIES From A&E to VH1, trend has life of its own
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...good story. But the proliferation of biography-type programming on cable networks...Hollywood Story," and of course A&E's "Biography." Even American Movie Classics is getting...know them," Dolan says. For example, Biography's profile of Oprah drew its highest...
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Women biography: biographies and portraits about, by, or for women: an International Conference, University of Bern 6-9 November 2002.
Magazine article from: Biography; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...conference about fictional biographies where the development...of the debate about biography. (4) At the international...collective Women's Biography, and pointed out that women in certain biographies are less individual...with the theory of biography. Stephanie Bird...
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Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives
Magazine article from: Arkansas Historical Quarterly; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...while national biographies choose subjects...subjects in Arkansas Biography were explicitly...clear: Arkansas Biography nicely reveals...past. Arkansas Biography further shows that national biographies, which must necessarily...
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Biography theory and method: the case of Samuel Johnson.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Biography; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...constrained, how clinical, biography has become. According...uniqueness, upon which all biography is based. In other words, in Johnson's biography Savage suffers exuberantly...savage way. Nowadays biographies are typed. A reviewer...
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'Biography' Fighting For Life on A&E; Stalwart Losing Steam.(TV Currents)
Magazine article from: TelevisionWeek; 8/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...half of its audience, A&E's "Biography'' is on life support. Once a basic...stalwart and a tentpole signature series, "Biography'' has suffered a steep decline in viewership...reduced the number of prime-time "Biography'' airings by 45 percent this year and...
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Biography--The industry: Brand extensions now range from a popular magazine to a board game and e-mail news flashes. (Biography 15 Years).
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 4/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...gripping film, Scarface, followed by a Biography of Al Pacino. An extremely private actor...programming event will be promoted as a Biography Channel preview, complete with an 800...promotional whammy--boosting both the Biography series and its spin-off network at...
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Biography--The Industry: Brand extensions now range from a popular magazine to a board game and e-mail news flashes. (Biography 15 Years).(A and E Television Networks, Biography, television program)
Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable; 4/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...gripping film, Scarface, followed by a Biography of Al Pacino. An extremely private actor...programming event will be promoted as a Biography Channel preview, complete with an 800...promotional whammy--boosting both the Biography series and its spin-off network at...
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Romantic Biography.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Wordsworth Circle; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...often mystifies biography" (4). That...toward conventional biographies on the one hand...concerning two recent biographies of Jane Austen, Alan Rawes on two biographies of Lord Byron...Southey and the biography Storey has written...
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Biography
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
BIOGRAPHY. One of the oldest genres of literature...define personal identity. Although biography traditionally has centered on rulers...underrepresented or persecuted groups. Ancient Biography Biographies have evolved from short narratives...
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biography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Origins of Biography Among the most ancient biographies are the narrative...Among the first biographies of ordinary...achievements of biography, however...avalanche of biographies and autobiographies...of National Biography (1882...
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Biography and Autobiography
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...and consciousness. Biography as a record of a life...Learning in 1605), biography was inspired by reading...gallant women. Religious biographies such as Jean de Bolland...Simon. Yet the first biographies based on thorough documentary...truth. In this respect biography developed alongside...
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Dictionary of American Biography
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dictionary of American Biography, biographies of outstanding Americans, published in 20 volumes (1928...and based on the plan of the English Dictionary of National Biography . Published under the auspices of the American Council of...
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Dictionary of National Biography, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Dictionary of National Biography, The, designed and published by...It included in its original form biographies of all national notabilities from...The New Dictionary of National Biography will be published in 2004, edited...
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