Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
James Boswell´s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript: v. 2: 1766-1776
James Boswell
€ 194.49
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for James Boswell´s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript: v. 2: 1766-1776
Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
Marshall Waingrow's opus magnum is not a corrected edition of the printed text of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Rather, Waingrow presents an edition of the manuscript which enables us to follow Boswell's compositional process through successive revisions.
Marshall Waingrow's opus magnum is not a corrected edition of the printed text of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Rather, Waingrow presents an edition of the manuscript which enables us to follow Boswell's compositional process through successive revisions.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Series
The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748606061
SKU
V9780748606061
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
Reviews for James Boswell´s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript: v. 2: 1766-1776
Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's finest editors and has set a standard by which future ones will be measured.
John L Abbott, University of Connecticut Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's ... Read more
John L Abbott, University of Connecticut Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's ... Read more