This collection of essays gathers innovative and compelling research on intermedial forms of
life writing by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars. Among their subjects
of scrutiny are biographies memoirs graphic novels performances paratheatricals musicals
silent films movies documentary films and social media. The volume covers a time frame
ranging from the nineteenth century to the immediate present. In addition to a shared focus on
theories of intermediality and life writing the authors apply to their subjects both firmly
established and cutting-edge theoretical approaches from Cultural Narratology Cultural History
Biographical Studies Social Media Studies Performance Studies and Visual Culture Studies.
The collection also features interviews with practitioners in biography who have produced
monographs films and novels.
