La transmission biographique
The individuals who may be the subject of biographical works come to us with their biographies, i.e., with biographical information that has already been elaborated, already been written, often even written several times. Even in the case of women, common people, lesser-known artists or businessmen,...
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| description | The individuals who may be the subject of biographical works come to us with their biographies, i.e., with biographical information that has already been elaborated, already been written, often even written several times. Even in the case of women, common people, lesser-known artists or businessmen, the life story is almost always there, we could even say it is always already there. This reality is obvious. It is scarcely taken into account in the reflection on biography and its place in the current thinking and perception of history: the commonly agreed idea that the present biographical analyses, centred on singularities and specificities, differ profoundly from the old exemplary Lives, is prone to conceal this fact of biographical transmission. This transmission, however, thoroughly informs our relation to the sources available to work on individuals; it is better to take it into account when thinking about it. This contribution focuses on the biographical elaboration of the figure of the first French working-class poet, Adam Billaut, known as the Carpenter of Nevers (1602-1662), from the publication of his first collection of poetry, Les Chevilles (1644), to the beginning of the 19th century. It explores the way in which prefaces, notices, dictionary articles, or even the two plays written on the history of Adam Billaut between French Revolution and First Empire, elaborate the historical question of workers’ literature |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbe363d6705547de85594654171c5f7c2024-02-13T13:59:06ZfraCentre de Recherches HistoriquesL'Atelier du CRH1760-79142110.4000/acrh.10033La transmission biographiqueDinah RibardThe individuals who may be the subject of biographical works come to us with their biographies, i.e., with biographical information that has already been elaborated, already been written, often even written several times. Even in the case of women, common people, lesser-known artists or businessmen, the life story is almost always there, we could even say it is always already there. This reality is obvious. It is scarcely taken into account in the reflection on biography and its place in the current thinking and perception of history: the commonly agreed idea that the present biographical analyses, centred on singularities and specificities, differ profoundly from the old exemplary Lives, is prone to conceal this fact of biographical transmission. This transmission, however, thoroughly informs our relation to the sources available to work on individuals; it is better to take it into account when thinking about it. This contribution focuses on the biographical elaboration of the figure of the first French working-class poet, Adam Billaut, known as the Carpenter of Nevers (1602-1662), from the publication of his first collection of poetry, Les Chevilles (1644), to the beginning of the 19th century. It explores the way in which prefaces, notices, dictionary articles, or even the two plays written on the history of Adam Billaut between French Revolution and First Empire, elaborate the historical question of workers’ literaturehttps://journals.openedition.org/acrh/10033historyliteratureBiographical sourcesbiographical fictionsworking class poetryhistory of literature |
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| title_short | La transmission biographique |
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| topic | history literature Biographical sources biographical fictions working class poetry history of literature |
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