Abstract

A biographical account can easily slip into a romanticized legend, wherein the experience of a peripheral—though also historical—figure can be casually sacrificed for the popularization of the central character. Yet the "peripheral" position of a figure in one biography is only temporal, for with a switch of the narrative focus, another biography may instantly spotlight him/her at its "center," thus revealing the sacrifice (including distortions) inflicted upon this character by the earlier text.

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