Biography & Autobiography Books

New and Published Books

1. Both Sides of the Circle

   The Autobiography of Christmas Humphreys

   By Christmas Humphreys

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1978, Christmas Humphrey’s autobiography presents the fascinating history of a life rich and varied in both private and in public. Spanning seven decades it touches on many events of historical interest in which he was personally involved. Among them the abdication of Edward VIII...

   Published February 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Radicalization

   The Life Writings of Political Prisoners

   By Melissa Dearey

   Expanding the influence of auto/biography studies into cultural criminology, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners addresses the origins, processes and cultures of terrorist criminality and political resistance in a globalized world. Criminologists and penologists have long been...

   Published July 29th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
3. Against The Age (Routledge Revivals)

   An Introduction to William Morris

   By Peter Faulkner

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his...

   Published June 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Lives of Jonathan Swift

   Edited by Daniel Cook

   Contemporaries were mesmerized by the outrageous wit of Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), a writer still widely regarded as the greatest satirist of all time. Soon after Swift’s death, his friends and enemies raced to publish the definitive account of the Dean of St Patrick’s. Now, Routledge brings these...

   Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Life of Ezra Pound

   By Noel Stock

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1970, this is a detailed and balanced biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and London at the age of twenty-three, was a leading member of ‘the modern movement’, a friend and helper...

   Published May 30th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Life and Teaching of Karl Marx (Routledge Revivals)

   By Max Beer

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in English in 1921, this work was originally written by renowned Marxist historian Max Beer to commemorate the centenary of Marx’s birth. It is a definitive biography, full of interesting personal details and a clear and comprehensive account of Marx’s economic and historical...

   Published May 29th 2011 by Routledge
7. Thomas Hardy (Routledge Revivals)

   By Norman Page

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1977, this concise and insightful study of the life and works of Thomas Hardy provides a thorough examination of Hardy's literary output. Alongside a brief biography of Hardy's life, Professor Page's study also spotlights his major and minor novels, his short stories, his...

   Published May 17th 2011 by Routledge
8. Karl Marx

   His Life and Work

   By Otto Rühle

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in English in 1929, this is a reissue of Otto Rühle's comprehensive biography of Karl Marx. Written by a leading Marxist and key figure within the German Labour movement, this is an exceptionally detailed and well-researched study which sets Marx's life and work firmly...

   Published May 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. Perikles and his Circle

   By Anthony Podlecki

   Perikles, the creator of the reputation of Classical Athens was an enigmatic figure. This book traces Perikles' development from a somewhat hesitant, though left-leaning politician, to a mature statesman fully committed to expanding Athens' maritime empire and using the material benefits of that...

   Published March 30th 2011 by Routledge
10. Poetry and Autobiography

    Edited by Jo Gill, Melanie Waters

    This collection makes a critical and creative intervention into ongoing debates about the relationship between poetry and autobiography. Drawing on recent theories of life writing, the essays in the first part of this volume provide new analyses of works by a range of poets, dating from the early...

    Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge