Art into Life: the Craft of Literary Biography

by Frederick R. Karl

Art Into Life is a collection of essays by the late Frederick Karl that showcases his experience and advice for writing literary biographies. Karl is best known for his biographies of Franz Kafka, George Eliot, William Faulkner, and Joseph Conrad. This publication will appeal to writers and biography lovers alike, as both will have the opportunity to learn from Karl's advanced talent and love of his craft.

Frederick Karl is the author of several books: biographies of Joseph Conrad, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and George Eliot; as well as several volumes of literary criticism, among them American Fictions: 1940-1980. He was, also, general editor and volume co-editor of the Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, five volumes of which have appeared. He taught at City College of New York, Columbia, and NYU.

Cloth / 300 pages / ISBN: 0-9745995-3-0 / $29.95

publication date: October 2005