Biographie et histoire dans la jeune République.
This paper aims at assessing the relatively recent rediscovery of biography as a historical genre and its place in the historiography of the Early Republic. Beyond biography as a traditional genre, many historians have reinvented a biographical approach to history in which they do not merely tell a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/392 |
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| Summary: | This paper aims at assessing the relatively recent rediscovery of biography as a historical genre and its place in the historiography of the Early Republic. Beyond biography as a traditional genre, many historians have reinvented a biographical approach to history in which they do not merely tell a life‑story, but study individuals as they reveal and reflect the period in which they live. This renewed approach is particularly telling of the early years of the American Republic when a sense of individualism emerged within mass democratic culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1765-2766 |