{"product_id":"9789819662203","title":"A Modern Poetics of Biography","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Modern Poetics of Biography\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eZhengrun Yang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive study of biography, to summarize the standard forms as well as a range of peripheral and expanded forms of auto\/biography. Discussion and analyses to be done at three levels, namely ontology, typology, and writing. It is drawn from local and international theories in biography, in addition to related disciplines, in particular for those of the twentieth century, and summarizing the experiences of the writing of classics in both Chinese and Western biographical history, the study establishes a theoretical system of biography. This book can serve as a useful reference for postgraduate students and professional readers who are interested in biographical research.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: DengXian; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eZhengrun Yang is a professor of Nanjing University, researcher of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Center for Life Writing, editor-in-Chief of \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eJournal of Modern Life Writin\u003c\/em\u003eg\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e Studies, \u003c\/em\u003eChairman of the Specialized Committee for Foreign Literature of Chinese Higher Education Association (2011-2014), as well as Vice President of The Biography Society of China (2007-2015). His main works include \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eFootprints of Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eA Concise History of Literary Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eA Modern Poetics of Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Shelley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Rock and The Rainbow: Selected Essays on Life Writing by Zhengrun Yang\u003c\/em\u003e, etc. He has edited \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eSelf-Portraits: Studies on Modern Chinese Autobiography and Nationality\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: DengXian; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: DengXian; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eA Dictionary for Appreciation of Foreign Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: DengXian; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 August 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819662203\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e673\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352198672524,"sku":"9789819662203","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819662203.jpg?v=1781087330","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819662203","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}