1 Literary Biography
‘A historia survey of literary biography, of a survey ofthe
‘hundanrecentexampes, not my purpose here, What seems
fenuble to otra, ater, problems that particularly bot
Thogrpher a te petent tie. The ration of the Iterary
blotapher to hs subject ae perhaps never been ey, and as
ponhumows biographical scrsiny has grown more Intense, 2
Fremontory sver has been fe by many eeatve weiter,
Every pens an baths disciples, says Oscar Wilde, and it
ously fs who writes the biography. Joyce desctbes the
‘iographer, not mach more winning 2 the biograiend. No
Ctiny any wonble undertanding why T-S. ot and George
‘Geel sine har no orp be wen of dem,
‘2 let with ay hep fom their “The biographer
ecemanly intsive, a wepaser even when. authorized. For
{Sc he nee nimial nor iis judgements Rhadaran~
{hine_and good ems tobe a prerequite—be introduces,
“nvalicn pot ofview, neces diferent fom tha mists of
‘elercrninacon and selfjustication which the great writer,
Tk Tener men ind women, bas ade the subject of ising,
convention wit himslE
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the seme of ourselves which weave in lation it a Irge
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‘ite may appear mors conpicuay tht thn mncdens of
gar greats. But we ate ow any too wel aware that the
domestic fe may yield examples of atrbutesocher than pr
dence and views, Recent bi jects abou De
Jehonon hinoaf of suc itmacons. We q
‘orwell deal witha sia pevacy, the iterrlation of one man
with another in civilized appointed mecins. Ther are deeper
t's xa ut ip kel ck, racy
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‘assume even if we can’t document. Sarees
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te dare ow xiao of hemp tee
dttinamaymighepme Toiyee wenaer cee,
int wont we ba ak ga,
he same candor tat on novel have ght ww cept
fron hem, Napoleon warned of the danger f tsting one
fae, bor Naps war ans prt ha gran. One
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th bud, hgh digeton a wel ar ceaton To dwell,
ws Sopp oh would del, spon te iniace of
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th than a meting to be gor ove reach the sul
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mers had fru to. And! pesmaiy Boswell wants to
tee ohn foe of races, weedy we soul
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a mans cogil it Semone ha ote
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it ‘us, and Freud offers more fologen
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vengeance, In ths prt he abolhed his naw self and all
Inmedny of epamse, he became a andy, but beyond dandy
itm, he eased w bea penon, he beame a eedom-hing.
{Vee Mara to plays» part) This analyse reduces Bavdelae
{obs weiknea fr cenes onthe orgs of maajstment
{ndash orerwhcimed by them. The poems of Baudeie
Grr 2 ifintimpcaton, hate was aman who was c=
Sally ney. The cr hard for Sarto any or
‘ren oad
Tis book on Gene it more sympathetic and beter sited 10
is subject; the caigaton which be v0 quick vo administer
{o Buadclae be avoids for Gee, becase Genet aepted his
Henty and velit are har an ncxpeted description ofthe
teay ths identy was eased. When Genet waste, hes,
{he Flowing eldentocured
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fallen ne ooed with nse, aa Soe sb
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