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In this chapter, Logan explores the vexed impact of biographical writing on Harriet Martineau’s intellectual and literary legacies. Biographies reflect the attitudes and social mores of the time in which they are written, whether composed by an intimate friend equipped with primary sources or by scholars relying on archival and secondary materials. Whereas early biographical writing on Martineau featured sentimentalized, saccharine productions, modern work reflects a wide array of critical, interdisciplinary analyses better suited to her contributions to literary and intellectual history.
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Logan, D.A. (2017). Harriet Martineau (1802–1876): Autobiography, Biography, and Literary Legacies. In: Ayres, B. (eds) Biographical Misrepresentations of British Women Writers. Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56750-1_8
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