James Boswell's Life of Samuel JohnsonHarold Bloom Chelsea House, 1986 - 160 pages A biographical masterpiece and a compelling narrative, James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson overflows with an extravagant wealth of personal anecdotes, social commentary, witty conversation, and profound psychological analysis. Two centuries after its creation, Boswell's vivid and intimate portrait of his friend continues to fascinate the scholar, the critic, and the common reader alike. |
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Boswells Control of Aesthetic Distance | 35 |
Art and Authenticity | 53 |
Johnsons Johnson | 61 |
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admiration aesthetic distance Andrew Erskine anecdotal appearance attention authentic Bate Bate's Beggar's Opera biographer's biography Boswell says Boswell's art Boswell's book Boswell's Johnson Boswellian century claim close comic concrete context control of aesthetic criticism Daghlian death detail dialogue Dowling dramatic effect emotion episode example experience fact factual literature factual narrative feel fiction Frank Brady fully Garrick Gelaleddin George Mallory give gossip Hawkins Hebrides hero human image of Johnson imagination important intellectual interpretation James Boswell Johnson's character Johnson's conversation Johnsonian kind Lichfield literary lives London Journal Madame de Sévigné material memory mind moral narrator nature never observations particular passage Patricia Meyer Spacks pattern Piozzi pleasure portrait of Johnson praise present pretty woman pride question Rambler readers record relation remarkable Samuel Johnson scene sense sentence sometimes story suggest talk tell thought Thrale truth University W. K. Wimsatt Wilkes writing