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Describe Penrose's authorial tone. What is the significant of his stance throughout the biography?
Penrose employs an unbiased, impartial tone throughout the biography. He employs this more academic stance as a way to present Lee Miller's story as a historic artifact. He does not cast judgment upon her decisions, relationships, or experiences in a way that slants the reader's impressions of Lee. Rather, he endeavors to detail Lee's story as it happened so that the reader might make her own interpretations of who Lee was.
Describe the biography's structure. How does this structure act as a navigational tool for the reader?
Penrose has organized the biography into 11 numerical and titled chapters. Each of the chapter titles provides insight into the events detailed in the enclosed pages. The titles also include timestamps, which convey the years about which Penrose will write in each chapter. In an overarching sense...
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