JOURNAL ARTICLE

Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century ed. by Tanya M. Caldwell (review).

  • Published In: Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2023, v. 56, n. 3. P. 508 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Fulk, Mark 3 of 3

Abstract

Marilyn Francus's article considers how the family biographies written by Frances Burney (of her father Charles Burney) and Alicia LeFanu (of the Sheridan family) play with the promise of private, secret information. Francus delivers a rich context for the epistemological questions that family biography even today exploits, arguing that these questions concerning methodology and reader expectation shape the ways that family biography is written and consumed. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2023/04, Vol. 56, Issue 3, p508
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0013-2586
  • DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.0043
  • Accession Number:162747161
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