Aaron Gurevich is Professor at the Institute of General History at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

• Series Editor's Preface. 1. The Individual is Ineffable.2. The Individual and the Epic Tradition.3. The 'Persona' in Search of the Individual.4. Biography and Death.5. Autobiography: Confession or Apologia?.6. The Parable of the Five Talents.7. Knights and Merchants.8. Brother Salimbene and Others.9. 'In this Madness there be Method'.10. Dante and Petrarch.11. The Historian in Search of the Individual.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Aaron Gurevich is Professor at the Institute of General History at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

• Series Editor's Preface. 1. The Individual is Ineffable.2. The Individual and the Epic Tradition.3. The 'Persona' in Search of the Individual.4. Biography and Death.5. Autobiography: Confession or Apologia?.6. The Parable of the Five Talents.7. Knights and Merchants.8. Brother Salimbene and Others.9. 'In this Madness there be Method'.10. Dante and Petrarch.11. The Historian in Search of the Individual.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Aaron Gurevich is Professor at the Institute of General History at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

• Series Editor's Preface. 1. The Individual is Ineffable.2. The Individual and the Epic Tradition.3. The 'Persona' in Search of the Individual.4. Biography and Death.5. Autobiography: Confession or Apologia?.6. The Parable of the Five Talents.7. Knights and Merchants.8. Brother Salimbene and Others.9. 'In this Madness there be Method'.10. Dante and Petrarch.11. The Historian in Search of the Individual.Notes.Bibliography.Index.