Cover illustration: ‘Darstellung der Charakteranlagen und Fähigkeiten’, illustration from F.E. Bilz, Das Neue Naturheilverfahren (Leipsic: F.E. Bilz, s.n. (c. 1900) 96th ed., p. 1173).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Renders, Hans, editor. | Veltman, David, editor.
Title: Fear of theory : towards a new theoretical justification of biography / edited by Hans Renders, David Veltman.
Other titles: Towards a new theoretical justification of biography
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Biography studies, 2468-2497 ; 3 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021041799 | ISBN 9789004498549 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004498891 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Biography as a literary form. | Biography–Research–Methodology.
Classification: LCC CT22 .F43 2022 | DDC 808/.06692–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021041799
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ISSN 2468-2497
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