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Biographical Fallacy

Biographical Fallacy is the critical error in literary analysis whereby an interpreter assumes that the author's personal life, experiences, or psychological states are the definitive source of a text's meaning, thereby conflating the author's biography with the literary work's interpretation.

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72

Authors

33

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

47

Objects with Attitude: Biographical Facts and Fallacies in the Study of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Warrior Graves

James Whitley · Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 2002 · 163 citations · Full text

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A new normal?: Women's experiences of biographical disruption and liminality following treatment for early stage breast cancer

Diane Trusson, Alison Pilnick, Srila Roy · Social Science & Medicine · 2016 · 129 citations · Full text

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Liminality as biographical disruption: unclassifiability following hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer

Liora Navon, Amira Morag · Social Science & Medicine · 2003 · 121 citations

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Encountering the downward phase: biographical work in people with multiple sclerosis living at home

Hennie Boeije, Mia S. H. Duijnstee, Mieke Grypdonck et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2002 · 111 citations

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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

Dwight D. Murphey · ˜The œJournal of social, political, and economic studies · 2014 · 106 citations

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Authors

72

  1. LF
    Liz Forbat

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 166 citations

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  2. GH
    Gill Hubbard

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 166 citations

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  3. RF
    Ruth Fitzgerald

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. JD
    Jon Dowell

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 71 citations

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  5. NK
    Nora Kearney

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 75 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    557 citations

  2. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    213 citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    387 citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  6. Saint Mary's College of California

    Moraga, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Science & Medicine

    4 publications · 385 citations

    4

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 66 citations

    3

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  3. Huntington Library Quarterly

    2 publications · 37 citations

    2

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  4. Supportive Care in Cancer

    2 publications · 166 citations

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