If biography accounts for poetry, this one should have resulted in none".
Three kinds of narratives that frequently seem bloated when they arrive between hard covers are biographies, accounts of disasters and illness memoirs.
Biography & account of his career.
Biography and account of Russell's theological career.
And yet, the biography's account of the friendship will make readers pause thoughtfully over that word, "lackey".
This tale has also gripped the imagination of many writers: no biography, philosophical account or novel involving either man seems complete without a - frequently colourful - version.
As of Wednesday, however, Mr. Gaiman, who has just issued the first new installment in his "Sandman" comics series in 17 years, had yet to revise his Twitter biography to account for his new position.
More than a simple biography, this account is "a brief summation of a man's life, a meditation on time, image and motion, a history of the American West as a fount of technological innovation and perceptual change, and a beautiful piece of prose," Jim Lewis wrote here in 2003.
Whether biography is accounting for a bigger bite than usual of the festival's 300 or so films is difficult to tell.
Holloway's book mixes biography, New York history, and an account of early-nineteenth-century America's obsession with surveying.
The utilitarian writings of the 17th century included biographies, treatises, accounts of voyages, and sermons.
