The book, Biography and History by Barbara Caine, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. This work explored and discussed the complex relationship between history and biography, the changes within the field of biography over time, and acts as an essential introduction for contemporary biographers. While there are many areas that are repeated and stressed throughout the book, the main argument supports the legitimacy of biography as a field both within the field of history and in its own right. Although in the recent past, the trend amongst historians was to question the validity of biography as a field, due to the source matter’s changing reliability and a number of other factors, Caine vindicated the worth and legitimacy of biography …show more content…
The first section, Historians and the Question of Biography, dealt with how history has viewed biography and the overall relationship between the two. A large portion of this chapter’s discussion related to studying the relationship between history and biography in the classical and medieval periods, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and in the twentieth century to highlight the notable changes throughout history. Other than accomplishing that, the purpose of this chapter was also to act as a framework for the rest of the work. The specific sections within this chapter were titled: “Introduction,” “Biography and history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,” “Thomas Carlyle and the idea of biography as history,” “The professionalism of history,” “Marxist history and the question of biography,” “Biography and history in the twentieth century,” and “Changing ideas about the role of biography in …show more content…
Also important to note, it is brief and well structured, which is extremely useful for the busy undergraduate or graduate student looking to start their path in the field of biography. However, it had its faults in that it was often repetitive, with themes such as gender being mentioned throughout the book inside other section themes, and whole arguments were repeated in multiple locations. For my research, the contemporary practices mentioned in the fifth and sixth chapters were particularly useful. Advice on how faults or inconsistencies can be used for analyzing how the person wants to be seen along with the section on the importance of psychoanalysis in biography helped to influence my second thesis topic. Exploring how Sayyid Qutb’s childhood search for praise may have influenced his transition into radical Islamic ideology is much easier done with the explanations from the fifth chapter in particular. Overall, although the book has its faults I enjoyed the book, value what it brings to the field, and most certainly would recommend it to someone starting out in the field of
He really takes the time to explain all of his thoughts thoroughly. He makes sure to give plenty of examples throughout the book. He even quotes politicians and he explains whether what they said is right or wrong. By doing this he tackles a number of myths and explains why they are not true. I found it intriguing how he compiles and deciphers his data.
I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the truths of our forefathers. I will be honest there are some setbacks, like how it seems to drag on sometimes, yet it still managed to kept me interested. The book and the author both have my
In the beginning of the novel The Swallows of Kabul, written by Yasmina Khadra, the audience is introduced to the character of Musarrat, Atiq’s wife. On first impression, she seems to be a lost cause clinging to any sense of normal life she has left; however, at the end of the novel, Musarrat becomes the unsung hero offering a glimmer of hope for the wretched city of Kabul. Through the use of her unconditional love for her husband, Khadra reveals how Musarrat became an image of hope for the audience, a daisy growing in the dump that is Kabul. In chapters eleven through fifteen, Musarrat’s image is opposite of the characters seen throughout the rest of the novel.
The People History , 2018, www.bing.com/cr?IG=5C0C20B45DA64DD4A386F9E30021F81B&CID=2FBD550F6 68260CA36455E90672D6104&rd=1&h=fRGa5ymYFvgVituoi7vXdEN56EuRS0yRMM PNd25JFSg&v=1&r =http%3a%2f%2fwww.thepeoplehistory.com%2f&p=DevEx,5085.1 This is a secondary source because it is not from a person who lived in this time period. This is a reliable source because there are lots of names and dates in the writing.
He is a scholar in religious studies and also a professor in creative writing at the University of California. Reza Aslan is also a member of American Academy of Religion. Reza Aslan’s work has often been in controversy as some people believe that his works affect the religious sentiments of some communities. Reza Aslan ’s book
Mary Romero's essay "Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey" illustrates C. Wright Mill's concept of the Sociological Imagination in three aspects. First Romero is observing the girl in a detached fashion not letting the personal aspects cloud the Sociological Imagination. Then Romero connects personal problems to societal forces because Juanita problem was not she was not being treated fairly as the other kids in the household. She was the only one working with all the household chores while other kids where enjoying their life and giving her orders instead.
It’s a really good book to read, because it will change the view that we have as citizens, living us with many questions without answer for the
The main character had to manage his father’s neglect while growing up. All Amir really wants is to be “looked at, not seen, listened to, not heard” (Hosseini 65), and while this conflict shapes the way that Amir grew up, readers are exposed to the
It has a ⅘ rating on commonsensemedia.org, a 4.4/5 rating on goodreads.com , and a 4.8/5 rating on dogobooks.com. It is also like by 97% of google users that voted. This shows that a lot of the people the read this book really liked it. This book is an action-packed, yet enjoyable book that can hook any reader in a heartbeat.
Arab Open University Faculty of Language Studies Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) EL121: The Short Story and Essay Writing Fall Semester 2015-2016 Part (I): STUDENT INFORMATION (to be completed by student) 1.
Abstract women have been living very miserable lives throughout the history somewhere because of gender differences and somewhere base on lame excuses of religion. They do not have equal rights, freedom, opportunities as men and have been suffering gender-based violence perpetuated towards them in the male dominated society. Afghan women show great strength and resistance in the face of adverse circumstances. They have developed traumatic problems and in reaction to their problems, they have grown very resilience to the Afghan tradition and men harsh treatment. The research entitled “Trauma and Resistance of Afghan Women: A Critical Study of Khaled Hosseini’s Novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, was intended to critically analyze the novel to explore trauma and resistance of Afghan women.
With that purpose in mind, she revises some aspects of women’s place/absence in history, society, and literature and mixed it with some fiction in order to explain how she came to adopt that thesis. For example, she asks herself what would have happened if Shakespeare had had a sister
Do you know that Shakespeare is not the only gifted writer in his family? This mysterious member exists in the English writer Virginia Woolf’s imagination. In her famous essay “Shakespeare’s Sister,” Woolf uses the hypothetical anecdote of Judith Shakespeare as her main evidence to argue against a dinner guest, who believes that women are incapable of writing great literature. During the time when Judith is created, women are considered to be naturally inferior to men and are expected to be passive and domestic. Regarding her potential audience, educated men, as “conservative,” Woolf attempts to persuade them that social discouragement is the real cause of the lack of great female writers without irritating them by proposing “radical” arguments.
Career Autobiography There are many things that I feel have led me to year number two of graduate school pursuing a career as a school counselor. For I while I tried to convince myself that a career in school counseling was not for me and ultimately everything led me here. My mother has been a school counselor for the last 25 years and I grew up watching her do something she loved. I went to school everyday and watched my mother make a positive impact on many of my classmates and this left a very lasting impression on me.