History Compass. 2017;e12436. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12436 wileyonl Abstract Biography has long been ostracized from the academy while remaining a popular genre among the general public. Recent heightened interest in biography among academics has some speaking of a biographical turn, but in Canada historical biography continues to be undervalued. Having not found a home in any one discipline, Biography Studies is emerging as an independent discipline, especially in the Netherlands. This Dutch School of biography is moving biography studies away from the less scholarly life writing tradition and towards history by encouraging its practitioners to utilize an approach adapted from microhistory. In response to these developments, this article contends that the discipline of history should take concrete steps to strengthen the subfield of Historical Biography. It further argues that works written in this tradition ought to chart a middle path between those studies that place undue focus on either the individual life or on broader historical questions. By employing a critical narrative approach, works of Historical Biography will prove valuable to both academic and non‐academic readers alike.

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传记转向和历史传记的情况

历史罗盘。2017; e12436。https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12436 wileyonl摘要传记长期以来一直受到学术界的排斥，同时在大众中仍然很流行。最近学者对传记的兴趣日益增加，这在某种程度上谈到了传记传记，但是在加拿大，历史传记仍被低估。由于没有在任何一门学科中找到自己的家，因此传记研究正在发展成为一门独立的学科，尤其是在荷兰。这家荷兰传记学校通过鼓励其从业者使用适应微观历史的方法，正在将传记研究从学术性较低的写作传统转移到历史。为了应对这些发展，本文认为，历史学科应采取具体步骤，以加强历史传记的子领域。它进一步认为，以这种传统撰写的作品应该在那些不适当地关注个人生活或更广泛的历史问题的研究之间划出一条中间道路。通过采用批判性的叙事方法，《历史传记》的作品将对学术和非学术读者均具有重要价值。