Collective biography and micro-periodization: a data-rich analysis of recent lives in the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1901)

Helen Kingstone

doi:10.1353/bio.2023.a936504

Collective biography and micro-periodization: a data-rich analysis of recent lives in the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1901)

Helen Kingstone

Department of English

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Abstract

Collective biography contributes to processes of periodization. This article uses corpus linguistic analysis to identify stylistic trends within Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1901) entries on recent lives. DNB editors and contributors used micro-periodizations, based on ideas of generational supersession, to transition their recent past from informal “communicative” memory into monumental “cultural” memory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	601-622
Number of pages	22
Journal	Biography: an interdisciplinary quarterly
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2023.a936504
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2024

Keywords

collective biography
life history
periodization
corpus linguistics
Victorian
memory studies

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