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The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757-1763: Research Edition: Correspondence, Volume 9
James Boswell
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Description for The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757-1763: Research Edition: Correspondence, Volume 9
Hardback. This volume, ninth in the Yale Research Series of Boswell's correspondence, contains more than 150 letters, verse epistles and other items. Editor(s): Hankins, David; Caudle, James J. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JF; BJ; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 950.
This volume, ninth in the Research Series of correspondence in the Yale Boswell Editions, assembles the bulk of the surviving letters between the young Boswell and his circle of friends and acquaintances in a period crucial to his personal and authorial development, up to the time he wrote his now famous journal in London in 1762-63. Opening with an exchange - rooted in his rebellious adolescent fascination with the Edinburgh theatre - with the gentleman-actor West Digges, it closes with letters written in July 1763 near the end of his second visit to London (the one in which he first ... Read more
This volume, ninth in the Research Series of correspondence in the Yale Boswell Editions, assembles the bulk of the surviving letters between the young Boswell and his circle of friends and acquaintances in a period crucial to his personal and authorial development, up to the time he wrote his now famous journal in London in 1762-63. Opening with an exchange - rooted in his rebellious adolescent fascination with the Edinburgh theatre - with the gentleman-actor West Digges, it closes with letters written in July 1763 near the end of his second visit to London (the one in which he first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748618057
SKU
V9780748618057
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About James Boswell
James J. Caudle is Associate Editor of the Yale Boswell Edition.
Reviews for The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757-1763: Research Edition: Correspondence, Volume 9
For modern scholars the volume provides a remarkable range of fascinating and valuable information. Those who approach Boswell for the first time have ample information to position him in his socio-cultural context, and Boswell scholars will find a rich body of scholarly resources to assist their own research.
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