Laptop 3d mobile Microwave vaccum
Cleaner
Emergence of the genre
James Boswellwrote what many consider to be the first modern
biography,The Life of Samuel Johnson, in 1791The first modern
biography, and a work which exerted considerable influence on the
evolution of the genre, wasJames Boswell'sThe Life of Samuel
Johnson, a biography of lexicographer and man-of-lettersSamuel
Johnsonpublished in 1791.[7]While Boswell's personal acquaintance
with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old,
Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of
additional research. Itself an important stage in the development
of the moderngenreof biography, it has been claimed to be the
greatest biography written in theEnglish language. Boswell's work
was unique in its level of research, which involved archival study,
eye-witness accounts and interviews, its robust and attractive
narrative, and its honest depiction of all aspects of Johnson's
life and character - a formula which serves as the basis of
biographical literature to this day.[8]Biographical writing
generally stagnated during the 19th century - in many cases there
was a reversal to the more familiarhagiographicalmethod of
eulogizing the dead, similar to the biographies ofsaintsproduced
inMedievaltimes. A distinction between mass biography andliterary
biographybegan to form by the middle of the century, reflecting a
breach between high culture andmiddle-classculture. However, the
number of biographies in print experienced a rapid growth, thanks
to an expanding reading public. This revolution in publishing made
books available to a larger audience of readers. In addition,
affordablepaperbackeditions of popular biographies were published
for the first time.Periodicalsbegan publishing a sequence of
biographical sketches.[5]
Biography
Third Volume of a 1727 edition ofPlutarch'sLives of the Noble
Greeks and Romansprinted by Jacob Tonson.Abiographyor simplybiois a
detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just
the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death, but
also portrays a subject's experience of these life events. Unlike a
profile orcurriculum vitae(rsum), a biography presents a subject's
life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life,
including intimate details of experience, and may include an
analysis of the subject's personality.Biographical works are
usuallynon-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a
person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called
legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film,
form thegenreknown as biography.Anauthorized biographyis written
with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a
subject or a subject's heirs. Anautobiographyis written by the
person himself or herself, sometimes with the assistance of a
collaborator orghostwriter.
Help:Visual file markup
File markup begins with the filename, preceded by theFile:prefix
with both elements enclosed in double square brackets for
example[[File:Example.png]]. Codes may then be added. Each code
must be separated with a pipe (|). Some codes specify a display
mode, which is like apreset it will determine the way the image is
displayed and which additional properties can be specified to
further customise how the image is displayed. Codes may be in any
order with the exception of the caption, which should be last. Only
the filename is required. This must be placed first.Many existing
files use theImage:prefix instead ofFile:. The rest of the markup
is exactly the same. Additionally,Image:may be used with any type
of file, not just images.If an article already has aninfoboxat the
top right, then the usual place for the article's first picture is
within the infobox. Many infoboxes require a different syntax than
the one described here. For guidance on the other syntax, and how
to choose which is correct, seeHelp:Infobox picture.File
typesBefore a file can be used, it must beuploadedto either
Wikipedia or theWikimedia Commonssister project. Uploading to
Commons is recommended as files can be used by other sister
projects. Files being used under fair use provisions must be stored
on Wikipedia. The markup is the same regardless of where the file
is uploaded.The following visual file types may be
uploaded:Thumbnail mode A file in thumbnail mode uses the
codesthumborthumbnail. This will display a thumbnail with a
caption. The default size is 220 pixels wide unless the full size
file is smaller. Registered users can specify their own default
size if they wish.In normal circumstances, images are scaled down
automatically by Wikipedia's server. This does not happen for
animated GIFs. Instead the original animated GIF is downloaded, and
whether the image is scaled to fit the allotted space depends on
the capabilities of the browser. Videos are not scaled down either,
which wastes bandwidth. Use framed mode or upload a lower
resolution file.
