THE GENRE OF BIOGRAPHY AS AN OBJECT OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH: THE CASE OF PUBLISHING EDITION "LEGACY OF THE PROGRESSIVE PERSONALITIES OF OUR PAST"1

Abstract

The text deals with the issue of "historical biography". It aims to reconstruct the key concepts connected with the biographical publishing series "The Legacies of the progressive personalities of our past".

The text answers the question what conceptual framework surrounded and legitimised the edition.

Keywords

• Melantrich
• biography
• conceptual history
• popularization
• heritage