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In evaluating Boswell's performance as Laird of Auchinleck, John Strawhorn documents his efforts to improve the estate by use of new agricultural methods. The essays in Part II study aspects of Boswell's artistry in Life of Johnson, the magnum opus that set a standard for biography. Carey...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lustig, Irma S., Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Boswell, James.
Johnson, Samuel.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Friends and associates.
Boswell, James, > 1740-1795. > Life of Samuel Johnson.
Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James)
Aufsatzsammlung
Intellectual life.
Friendship.
Enlightenment.
Biography as a literary form.
Biographers.
Authors, Scottish.
Authors, English > Biography.
biographies (literary works)
Siecle des Lumieres > Écosse.
Biographie (Genre litteraire)
Biographes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Écrivains ecossais > 18e siecle > Biographies.
Biographies as Topic
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Biographers > Great Britain > Biography.
Authors, Scottish > 18th century > Biography.
Authors, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Scotland.
Great Britain.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Boswell and the Enlightenment: Boswell's travels through the German, Swiss, and French Enlightenment / Marlies K. Danziger
  • Boswell's response to the European landscape / Peter F. Perreten
  • "Something that put me in mind of my father": Boswell and Lord Kames / Richard B. Sher
  • James Boswell, Henry Dundas, and enlightened politics / Michael Fry
  • Politics in the Boswell-Temple correspondence / Thomas Crawford
  • Master of Ulubrae: Boswell as enlightened laird / John Strawhorn
  • pt. 2. The life of Johnson: Rhetoric and runts: Boswell's artistry / Carey McIntosh
  • "Casts a kind of glory round it": metaphor and The life of Johnson / William P. Yarrow
  • "Over him we hang vibrating": uncertainty in The life of Johnson / Isobel Grundy
  • Pilgrimage and autonomy: the visit to Ashbourne / John B. Radner
  • "My dear enemy": Margaret Montgomerie Boswell in The life of Johnson / Irma S. Lustig
  • Appendix: Boswell's meetings with Johnson, a new count / Hitoshi Suwabe.

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