Biography
Bibliography
PRIMARY SOURCES
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Boccaccio, Giovanni. Life of Dante. 1354–1355. Translated by Vincenzo Zin Bollettino. New York: Garland, 1990. Translation of Trattatello in laude di Dante.
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Nanamoll, Bhikku. The Life of the Buddha. Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society, 2001. Translated from the Pali Canon.
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Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. c. 110 C.E. Translated by Robert Graves. London: Penguin, 2003.
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SECONDARY SOURCES
Edel, Leon. Literary Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
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