Life Histories and Psychobiography Explorations in Theory and Development

"The one essential book in the field" In this pathbreaking study, Runyanreviews and responds to major criticism of psychobiography and of the case studymethod, and suggests criteria for evaluating and improving in-depth studies ofindividual lives. Theoretical points are vividly illustrated iwth examples fromthe lvies of (among others) Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln,Shakespeare, Malcolm X, Woodrow Wilson, Virginia Woolf, and several of Freud'sclassic case studies. "The most informative, clear, objective, andcomprehensive book written on this topic to date. It is both the ideal text fora graduate course in psycho-history and the one essential book in the fieldwhich every library should have."--The Journal of the History of the BehavioralSciencesRunyan, William M. is the author of 'Life Histories and Psychobiography Explorations in Theory and Development' with ISBN 9780195034868 and ISBN 0195034864.