| 单词 | life-writing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife-writing life-writing n. biography. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > writing biography life-writing1687 biographying1858 1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther Pref. One, whose thoughts had for some years convers'd with nothing less then Oecumenical Councels, Popes and Patriarchs, should quitt all those fine amusements for the humble task of Life-writing, and drawing of Characters. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Misc. Ess. 193 Of all the fantastic amusements in which modern genius indulges itself, the most whimsical is Life-writing. 1889 J. R. Lowell Latest Ess. (1891) 76 It..comes nearer to him [sc. Plutarch] than any life-writing I can think of. 1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 13/1 Virginia Woolf has very mixed feelings about biography or ‘life writing’, as she called it. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Apr. 54/3 Travel metaphors are irresistible for this gentleman-adventurer, or érivain-voyageur of life writing. life-writing ΚΠ 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 ii. Misc. Ess. 194/1 This life-writing part of the world. < as lemmas |
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