Pathography
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| "Here it was that [[Augustus Schlegel]] erred when he thought that the sonnets would afford material for a fresh biography of Shakspeare. They do not ... They are not so much biography, as, if we may be allowed to coin a word, pathography." wrote someone in 1852. | "Here it was that [[Augustus Schlegel]] erred when he thought that the sonnets would afford material for a fresh biography of Shakspeare. They do not ... They are not so much biography, as, if we may be allowed to coin a word, pathography." wrote someone in 1852. | ||
| - | [[Joyce Carol Oates]] called [[warts-and-all]] [[biographer]]s ''[[pathographer]]s''. | + | In a review of a biography of [[Jean Stafford]] [[Joyce Carol Oates]] revived the word calling some [[warts-and-all]] [[biographer]]s ''[[pathographer]]s''. |
| [http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=32d542ac-74ac-43d0-b79d-86810e567c7a] | [http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=32d542ac-74ac-43d0-b79d-86810e567c7a] | ||
| - | [[ADVENTURES IN ABANDONMENT]], a review of a biography of [[Jean Stafford]] | + | [[ADVENTURES IN ABANDONMENT]], |
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| *[[Psychobiography ]] | *[[Psychobiography ]] | ||
| *[[Paleopathology]] | *[[Paleopathology]] | ||
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- A biography that focuses on faults, unlucky circumstances, failures, and other negative aspects of the person's life.
- A biography by a physician exploring the effects a disease may have had on a person's life.
"Here it was that Augustus Schlegel erred when he thought that the sonnets would afford material for a fresh biography of Shakspeare. They do not ... They are not so much biography, as, if we may be allowed to coin a word, pathography." wrote someone in 1852.
In a review of a biography of Jean Stafford Joyce Carol Oates revived the word calling some warts-and-all biographers pathographers. [1]
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