Encountering Adamastor
The volume of W.S. Barnard is a first in a series of life-histories of the founding geographers in South Africa published by the Centre of Geographical Analysis at Stellenbosch University. Life-histories are reported in five ways: the commendation lauds the winner of an award; the obituary by necess...
Saved in:
| Hovedforfatter: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
| Udgivet: |
African Sun Media
2023
|
| Fag: | |
| Online adgang: | ONIX_20231005_9781928357285_2107 |
| Tags: |
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!
|
| Summary: | The volume of W.S. Barnard is a first in a series of life-histories of the founding geographers in South Africa published by the Centre of Geographical Analysis at Stellenbosch University. Life-histories are reported in five ways: the commendation lauds the winner of an award; the obituary by necessity speaks well of the dead; the brief entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia is highly stylized and constrained by editorial guidelines; in the autobiography the author tells his own story in his own way; and, finally, the biography comes in a range of formats and structures. At the one extreme is the complete life-history, written by a specialist following the historiographical method and based on the critical assessment of primary sources; at the other is the belletristic overview: descriptive, anecdotal, facile and artful. |
|---|