Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-369) and index.
Contents:
The artist as text -- Biographical functions, mediations, and exchanges -- The Victorian typology of artists: from prelapsarian to professional -- Autobiographies: Cellini, Res Gestae, Jouissance, and the collective life -- Family biographies: domestic authority, social order, and the artist's body -- Biography as history: anecdotage, serialization, and national identity -- Gifting art: from bohemians to benefactors.
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