In Collaboration with British Literary Biography Haunting Conversati
This book is about one person’s reading and what has been learnt about how the lives of other people, particularly authors, have been written in British literary biographies over the last fifty years. It is less interested in what happened in the lives of
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JANE MCVEIGH
In Collaboration with British Literary Biography
Jane McVeigh
In Collaboration with British Literary Biography Haunting Conversations
Jane McVeigh Roehampton University London, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-58382-2 ISBN 978-3-319-58383-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-58383-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017944102 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: EyeEm/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my mother and father
Acknowledgements
This book has been many years in the making and I am indebted to Zachary Leader for his advice and guidance during a long period of learning and relearning in its initial stages. Conversations with biographers in the early years of this project contributed to my thinking and I am grateful for the support of David Ellis, Andrew Lycett, Ray Monk, Adam Sisman, Martin Stannard and Geoffrey Wall, all of whom met with me. Other conversations with Laura Peters, Jane Kingsley-Smith and Cathy Wells-Cole have guided me on my way. The conversations I have had with Clare Brant, Richard Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Kathryn Hughes, Hermione Lee and Claire Tomalin are published in this book. I am hugely grateful for their interest in this project. My mother, family and dear friends have listened to me talking about this book for many years and have supported me throughout. Brian is my rock and ultimate guide in this and everything.
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Contents
1 We Tell Stories About Ourselves and Others 1 2 A Habit of Stories 13 3 A Habitat of Stories 49 4 Haunting Conversations 73 5 Hermione Lee by Indirections Find
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