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This is a radical introduction to the Life of Johnson. It discusses the main structural, dramatic, historical and imaginative aspects of the work, and establishes its intellectual contexts: Hume's philosophy, earlier biographical writings by Boswell, and the French and German Enlightenment and romantic traditions. Professor Clingham offers an account of the Life based upon reassessment of the nature of biography, of Boswell's style and thought, and of Johnson's own works. As he examines the Life's complex psychological, emotional and artistic facets, a fresh picture of Boswell as biographer emerges. The book also provides a table of the principal scenes and conversations in the Life, as well as a chronological table of Boswell's life and times and a guide to further reading.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: James Boswell: The Life of Johnson
• Author: Greg Clingham
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• EAN: 9780521378932
• ISBN: 0521378931
• ID: 02028964
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 180 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 127 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. August 2008

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