Biography and the Question of Literature in France - Jefferson, Ann (Professor of French at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in French at New College, Oxford)

This book contains illuminating critical readings of some major French authors in the light of the evolving relations between biography and literature. It offers not just a history of French literature over a 300-year period, but also a discussion of biography - its forms, history, and functions - relevant to anyone with an interest in biography.