Language and Logos in Boswell's Life of Johnson

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In this deconstructionist interpretation of a major eighteenth-century work, William Dowling analyzes Boswell's Life of Johnson as a paradigm of antithetical structure in narrative, and develops a grammar of discontinuity"" for interpreting other texts as well. Originally published in...

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Main Author: Dowling, William C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784.
Boswell, James, > 1740-1795.
Boswell, James, > 1740-1795. > Life of Samuel Johnson.
Boswell, James, > 1740-1795 > Technique.
Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James)
Technique.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Biography as a literary form.
Authors, English > Biography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
biographies (literary works)
Biographie (Genre litteraire)
Narration > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 18th century.
Authors, English > Biography > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this deconstructionist interpretation of a major eighteenth-century work, William Dowling analyzes Boswell's Life of Johnson as a paradigm of antithetical structure in narrative, and develops a grammar of discontinuity"" for interpreting other texts as well. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting th
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (186 pages).
ISBN:9781400853823

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