Dear Helen
Sigrid Damm's new biography of Christiane Goethe spriingss to mind -
possibly also her book on Cornelia Goethe?
I'm sure there are others but those are the ones nearest the surface, as
it were!
good luck with it - and happy new year!
Jo
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Jones wrote:
> Dear Wiggies
> I'm currently analysing a 'biographical novel' ('Gefesselte Rebellin'
> by Barbara Krause), and am looking for similar texts - anyone out
> there who can help?
> The novel is a 'fictionalised' account of Brigitte Reimann's life - the
> names of her husbands, family members etc have been changed,
> but anecdotal evidence from Reimann's former editor and from her
> second husband has been used, and the text is supported by
> numerous italicised quotations from Reimann's diaries and literary
> works. A rather dangerous blurring of fact and fiction, life and work
> is the result (and the romantic kitsch nearly had me throwing up
> my well-deserved Xmas chocolate treats...!). Has anyone come
> across anything similar?
>
> My general concern is the obsessive interest in the author's life
> which seems to be marginalising her literary output.
> Thanks in advance for any help and a Happy New Year to all
> Helen
>
> Helen Jones
> University of Central Lancashire
>
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