Boldrini, Lucia; Cernat, Laura; Gefen, Alexandre and Lackey, Michael, eds. 2025. The Routledge Companion to Biofiction. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032526171 [Edited Book]

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The Routledge Companion to Biofiction provides readers with the history, origins, and evolution of this popular genre. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, this authoritative collection foregrounds analyses of biofiction's core foundations through contemporary debates.

The volume is organized into seven sections: Histories of biofiction; Theoretical reflections on biofiction; Biofiction, national models and (trans)national constructions; Biofiction as political intervention; Biofictional case studies; Activating lives: early modern women; and Authorial reflections. This groundbreaking collection features works that refine our understanding of the genesis and evolution of biofiction; theorize its unique and distinctive modes of signifying; reflect on its value for the future and social justice; chart new approaches for doing biofictional analysis; and offer insights from authors of biofiction into the creative process.

This is the first collection to bring together the two main schools of interpreting biofiction – the Francophone and Anglophone – while also shedding light on biofictions in many languages, from or about many continents, and offering a platform to established and new voices alike. It will be essential reading for students as well as advanced scholars interested in biographical fiction.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003407515
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	English and Comparative Literature English and Comparative Literature > Centre for Comparative Literature
Date:	31 March 2025
Item ID:	38908
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2025 09:50
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2025 10:32
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38908

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