Biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies chats with biographers across the world about the myriad of choices they make while researching, writing and publishing life stories. In every episode, she explores elements of narrative strategy such as structure, use of fiction techniques, facts and truth, beginnings and endings and to what extent the writer interpreted the evidence rather than providing clues and leaving it to readers to do the interpreting themselves. She also asks how they researched their books; how they balanced a subject’s public, personal and inner lives; and ethical issues, such as privacy and revealing secrets.
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Biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies chats with biographers across the world about the myriad of choices they make while researching, writing and publishing life stories. In every episode, she explores elements of narrative strategy such as structure, use of fiction techniques, facts and truth, beginnings and endings and to what extent the writer interpreted the evidence rather than providing clues and leaving it to readers to do the interpreting themselves. She also asks how they researched their books; how they balanced a subject’s public, personal and inner lives; and ethical issues, such as privacy and revealing secrets.
Julie Summers' "British Vogue: The Biography of an Icon"
Biographers in Conversation
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Julie Summers' "British Vogue: The Biography of an Icon"
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Julie Summers chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about British Vogue: The Biography of an Icon
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
Why Julie Summers decided to craft an object biography of British Vogue.
What Julie discovered by reading every issue of British Vogue since its launch in 1916.
Why Julie portrayed British Vogue as a living, evolving personality.
How Julie brought a century of style, culture and power to life.
How British Vogue has reflected and shaped women’s lives for over a century.
The story behind the striking cover of British Vogue: The Biography of an Icon
How British Vogue became a cultural barometer.
British Vogue’s enduring ability to chronicle and shape British style, culture, and imagination.
Biographers in Conversation
Biographer Gabriella Kelly-Davies chats with biographers across the world about the myriad of choices they make while researching, writing and publishing life stories. In every episode, she explores elements of narrative strategy such as structure, use of fiction techniques, facts and truth, beginnings and endings and to what extent the writer interpreted the evidence rather than providing clues and leaving it to readers to do the interpreting themselves. She also asks how they researched their books; how they balanced a subject’s public, personal and inner lives; and ethical issues, such as privacy and revealing secrets.
