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„Read no history; nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.“ (Disraeli 1832/1927, Bd. 1, 141) So lässt der spätere britische Premierminister Benjamin Disraeli 1832 die stark autobiographisch inspirierte Hauptfigur seines gleichnamigen Romans, Contarini Fleming, feststellen und erfasst damit zugleich die Grundzüge, wenn nicht gar das Wesen der biographischen Tradition Großbritanniens.

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Jonas, M. (2022). Britische Biographik. In: Klein, C. (eds) Handbuch Biographie. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05843-0_47

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