The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age /

In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edwar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Damrosch, Leopold (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784.
Boswell, James, > 1740-1795.
1700-1799
Authors > Biography.
Societies > England > London > History > 18th century.
Intellectuals > Great Britain > Biography.
Écrivains > Biographies.
Intellectuels > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Authors.
Intellectual life.
Intellectuals.
Societies.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
England > London.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Johnson before Boswell : the years of struggle
  • Johnson before Boswell : fame at last
  • Boswell before Johnson : setting out for the wide world
  • Boswell before Johnson : the search for self
  • The fateful meeting
  • Boswell abroad
  • The Club is born
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds
  • Edmund Burke
  • David Garrick
  • The spirit of mirth
  • A new life at Streatham
  • Boswell in Scotland-and Stratford
  • Among the farthest Hebrides
  • The widening river
  • Empire
  • Adam Smith
  • Edward Gibbon
  • Infidels and believers
  • Johnson nearing the end
  • Boswell on the downhill slope
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : members of the Club in its first twenty years.

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