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James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson

Author:Harold Bloom

Summary: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

Print Book, English, 1986

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Chelsea House, New York, 1986

Series:

Modern critical interpretations

Genre:Biography

Physical Description:viii, 160 pages ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9780877549468, 087754946X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:12809059

Subjects:

Aufsatzsammlung

Authors, English Biography

Authors, English Biography History and criticism

Biographie (Genre littéraire)

Biography as a literary form

Boswell, James 1740-1795 Life of Samuel Johnson

Boswell, James, 1740-1795

Criticism, interpretation, etc

Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James)

biographies (literary works)

collective biographies

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.

Contents:

Literary form in factual narrative / Ralph W. Rader

Boswell's control of aesthetic distance / Paul K. Alkon

The Life of Johnson / Frederick A. Pottle

Johnson's Johnson / Richard B. Schwartz

Factual appearances and fictional effects / William R. Siebenschuh

James Boswell / Frank Brady

Gossip / Patricia Meyer Spacks