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Boswell and the press : essays on the ephemeral writing of James Boswell /

"For two centuries, scholars have considered the ephemeral writing of James Boswell-his periodical writing, his pamphlets, and his broadsides--unworthy of serious critical attention because it is too topical, too superficial, or too trivial to advance our study of Boswell or his literary career...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tankard, Paul, Caudle, James J., Seymour, Terry, Barnes, Celia, Ingram, Allan, Wilson, Jennifer Preston, Aston, Nigel
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1 Boswell's Ephemeral Writing: An Overview
  • 2 Anonymity and the Press: The Case of Boswell
  • 3 James Boswell's Design for a Scottish Periodical in the Scots Language: The Importance of His Prospectus for the Sutiman Papers (ca. 1770?)
  • 4 Boswell in Broadside
  • 5 An Elegy on the Death of an Amiable Young Lady: Serious Effort or Elaborate Joke?
  • 6 "Making the Press my Amanuensis": Male Friendship and Publicity in The Cub, at New-market
  • 7 The Hypochondriack and Its Context: James Boswell, 1777-1783
  • 8 The Embodied Mind of Boswell's The Hypochondriack and the Turn-of- the- Century Novel
  • 9 Principle, Polemic, and Ambition: Boswell's A Letter to the People of Scotland and the End of the Fox-North Coalition, 1783
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index