New Light on Boswell: Critical and Historical Essays on the Occasion of the Bicententary of the 'Life' of Johnson

by Greg Clingham

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Boswell's Life of Johnson is established as one of the foremost literary biographies in the English language. This 1991 collection of essays, commemorating its bicentenary, investigates Boswell's achievements and limitations in both literary and personal contexts, and goes beyond the Life to examine the full range of Boswell's writings and interests (in legal, social, theological, political and linguistic fields). Drawing Boswell out of Johnson's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521023165

ISBN13:9780521023160

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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