The difficulty with biography is that it is partly record and partly art.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Many textbooks are no more than lists [compilations] of fragments extracted from masterpieces.

a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction

a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation

On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.

The author states that artists also experience oedipal struggles.

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books on polemic divinity, most of which I read.

The author's letters contained in his collected writings will reveal the workings of his mind [how his mind worked] in his daily life.

Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle- Leonard Bernstein

an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors

When the deadline is just around the corner, publishers often confine their writers to a hotel to finish their manuscript.

He has written [He is the author of] several books on sociology.

The stories which you will read in this book deal with some of the many problems which face young people.

The text of the draft differs in many places from later versions of the story.

Byron's consumed memoirs possessed the merit of being well and entertainingly written

The librarian classified the books according to subject.

The author portrays the campus as a very pleasant place.

an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

Some of the great names in literature have written on this same subject.

The author has drawn the story out so much that it's boring in many parts.

a literary work that has been shortened, called abridged version

A perfect knowledge of a few writers and a few subjects is more valuable than a superficial one of a great many.

He was greatly influenced by a number of books on literature by the scholar.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

It is impossible to apply the same yardstick to poets and artists as to other people.

The manuscript is 80 pages long, and it has Beethoven's notes written on it.

He is also active in other areas such as appearing on TV and writing books.

According to past references, the size can be one of the criteria for estimating the risk of rupture.

The author emphasizes that many of the figures quoted are merely [just] estimates.

it was a matter of disputed authorship

He said that the photos are very important materials for studying Tanizaki's story-making process.