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The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson
James Boswell
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Description for The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson
Hardback. A new, corrected and enlarged edition of the record of James Boswell's quest over more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 954.
This edition, expanded to include the text of letters unavailable at the time of the volume's first publication in 1969, records James Boswell's quest over a period of more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson, through a detailed correspondence with a wide network of friends, informants, and other authorities. The volume, with revised and updated annotation, shows not just Boswell's struggles through his personal distresses to gather material for his Life of Johnson, but notes many of his revisions of his sources, changes made in manuscript and proof, and revisions of ... Read more
This edition, expanded to include the text of letters unavailable at the time of the volume's first publication in 1969, records James Boswell's quest over a period of more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson, through a detailed correspondence with a wide network of friends, informants, and other authorities. The volume, with revised and updated annotation, shows not just Boswell's struggles through his personal distresses to gather material for his Life of Johnson, but notes many of his revisions of his sources, changes made in manuscript and proof, and revisions of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748613847
SKU
V9780748613847
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About James Boswell
The late Marshall Waingrow was Professor of English Emeritus at the Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.
Reviews for The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson
One of the new editions from Edinburgh University Press of the Yale publications, in this case 'corrected and enlarged' of the papers of James Boswell. The 12 volumes of Journals and eight of letters are a great enlargement of our literature The present volume is one of the research editions and is therefore fully equipped with excellent notes. It should ... Read more