psychobiography

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Recent Examples of psychobiography Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius. Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023 First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 And so, duly catering to the market, the book is presented as a psychobiography of the author’s uncle, whose military academy class photo adorns the cover. Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020 Esa-Pekka Salonen, in his stirring performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday night at Symphony Center, treated it as a masterpiece of pure music, rather than as musical psychobiography. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018 Some commentators attempted to bridge this gap by indulging in dubious psychobiography posing as criticism. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2017 Such speculation makes psychobiography sound like little more than psychobabble. Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychobiography
Noun
  • Twain therefore presents a tantalizing challenge for literary biography: to explain how someone able to spot and depict frailties of conscience, character, and judgment in others could be so powerless to correct them in himself.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Tina Knowles is also on a nine-city tour for her memoir.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • After Tina Knowles‘ memoir, Matriarch, earned a coveted spot on The New York Times‘ bestseller list, the superstar took to Instagram to celebrate her mom’s accomplishment.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Combs' lawyers have argued the law has a history of racial bias that rarely results in prosecution.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • At the start of the study, none of the participants had a history of blood clots, endometriosis, or polycystic ovarian syndrome, among other health conditions.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 12 May 2025

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“Psychobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychobiography. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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