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James Boswell
Lyle . Ed(S): Larsen
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Description for James Boswell
Hardback. Editor(s): Larsen, Lyle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
This book draws upon letters, diaries, memoirs, book reviews, and newspaper articles to present a picture of James Boswell from the vantage point of those who knew him best. We hear what family, friends, rivals, critics, and satirists thought of the man who produced such notable works as An Account of Corsica,The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, and The Life of Samuel Johnson. Few major authors have generated such wildly fluctuating estimates over the years as Boswell. Both as a writer and as a man, he has stirred debate for more than two centuries. ... Read more
This book draws upon letters, diaries, memoirs, book reviews, and newspaper articles to present a picture of James Boswell from the vantage point of those who knew him best. We hear what family, friends, rivals, critics, and satirists thought of the man who produced such notable works as An Account of Corsica,The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, and The Life of Samuel Johnson. Few major authors have generated such wildly fluctuating estimates over the years as Boswell. Both as a writer and as a man, he has stirred debate for more than two centuries. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473858
SKU
V9781611473858
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99-15
About Lyle . Ed(S): Larsen
Lyle Larsen teaches English at Santa Monica College.
Reviews for James Boswell
Boswellians and anti-Boswellians everywhere, finally, will be pleased to see the publication of Lyle Larsen's James Boswell: As His Contemporaries Saw Him. Few figures have inspired such fandom or enmity over the history of eighteenth-century studies as a professional enterprise. (Is he a great biographer or do we need to protect Johnson from the errors of the Life?) Larson's ... Read more