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- catalog abstract "These eleven original essays by well-known eighteenth-century scholars, five of them editors of James Boswell's journal or letters, commemorate the bicentenary of Boswell's death on May 19, 1795. The volume illuminates both the life and the work of one of the important literary figures of the age and contributes significantly to the scholarship on this rich period. In the introduction Irma S. Lustig sets the tone for the volume. She reveals that the essays examining Boswell as "Citizen of the World" are deliberately paired with those that analyze his artistic skills, to emphasize that "Boswell's sophistication as a writer is inseparable from his cosmopolitanism." The essays in Part I focus on the relationship of the Enlightenment, at home and abroad, to Boswell's personal development. Marlies K. Danziger restores to significant life the continental philosophers and theologians Boswell consulted in his search for religious certainty. Peter Perreten examines Boswell's enraptured study of Italian antiquity and his responses to the European landscape. Richard B. Sher and Perreten document the personal and aesthetic influence of Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish jurist and leading Enlightenment figure, on Boswell. Michael Fry discusses Boswell's relationship with Henry Dundas, political manager for Scotland, and Thomas Crawford examines Boswell's long-standing interest in the volatile political issues of the period, including the French Revolution, through his correspondence with William Johnson Temple. In evaluating Boswell's performance as Laird of Auchinleck, John Strawhorn documents his efforts to improve the estate by use of new agricultural methods. The essays in Part II study aspects of Boswell's artistry in Life of Johnson, the magnum opus that set a standard for biography. Carey McIntosh examines Boswell's use of rhetoric, and William P. Yarrow offers a close scrutiny of metaphor. Isobel Grundy invokes Virginia Woolf in demonstrating Boswell's acceptance of uncertainty as a biographer. John B. Radner reveals Boswell's self-assertive strategies in his visit with Johnson at Ashbourne in September 1777, and, finally, Lustig examines as a "subplot" of the biography Johnson's patient efforts to win the friendship of Margaret Montgomerie Boswell. An appendix by Hitoshi Suwabe serves scholars by providing the most exact account to date of Boswell's meetings with Johnson.".
- catalog contributor b7701638.
- catalog contributor b7701639.
- catalog coverage "Scotland Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "(cont.) Rhetoric and runts : Boswell's artistry / Carey McIntosh -- "Casts a kind of glory round it" : metaphor and the Life of Johnson / William P. Yarrow -- "Over him we hang vibrating" : uncertainty in the Life of Johnson / Isobel Grundy -- Pilgrimage and autonomy : the visit to Ashbourne / John B. Radner -- "My dear enemy" : Margaret Montgomerie Boswell in the Life of Johnson / Irma S. Lustig -- Boswell's meetings with Johnson, a new count / Hitoshi Suwabe.".
- catalog description "Boswell's travels through the German, Swiss, and French Enlightenment / Marlies K. Danziger -- Boswell's response to the European landscape / Peter F. Perreten -- "Something that put me in mind of my father" : Boswell and Lord Kames / Richard B. Sher -- James Boswell, Henry Dundas, and enlightened politics / Michael Fry -- Politics in the Boswell-Temple correspondence / Thomas Crawford -- Master of Ulubrae : Boswell as enlightened laird / John Strawhorn --".
- catalog description "In evaluating Boswell's performance as Laird of Auchinleck, John Strawhorn documents his efforts to improve the estate by use of new agricultural methods. The essays in Part II study aspects of Boswell's artistry in Life of Johnson, the magnum opus that set a standard for biography. Carey McIntosh examines Boswell's use of rhetoric, and William P. Yarrow offers a close scrutiny of metaphor. Isobel Grundy invokes Virginia Woolf in demonstrating Boswell's acceptance of uncertainty as a biographer. John B. Radner reveals Boswell's self-assertive strategies in his visit with Johnson at Ashbourne in September 1777, and, finally, Lustig examines as a "subplot" of the biography Johnson's patient efforts to win the friendship of Margaret Montgomerie Boswell. An appendix by Hitoshi Suwabe serves scholars by providing the most exact account to date of Boswell's meetings with Johnson.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The essays in Part I focus on the relationship of the Enlightenment, at home and abroad, to Boswell's personal development. Marlies K. Danziger restores to significant life the continental philosophers and theologians Boswell consulted in his search for religious certainty. Peter Perreten examines Boswell's enraptured study of Italian antiquity and his responses to the European landscape. Richard B. Sher and Perreten document the personal and aesthetic influence of Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish jurist and leading Enlightenment figure, on Boswell. Michael Fry discusses Boswell's relationship with Henry Dundas, political manager for Scotland, and Thomas Crawford examines Boswell's long-standing interest in the volatile political issues of the period, including the French Revolution, through his correspondence with William Johnson Temple.".
- catalog description "These eleven original essays by well-known eighteenth-century scholars, five of them editors of James Boswell's journal or letters, commemorate the bicentenary of Boswell's death on May 19, 1795. The volume illuminates both the life and the work of one of the important literary figures of the age and contributes significantly to the scholarship on this rich period. In the introduction Irma S. Lustig sets the tone for the volume. She reveals that the essays examining Boswell as "Citizen of the World" are deliberately paired with those that analyze his artistic skills, to emphasize that "Boswell's sophistication as a writer is inseparable from his cosmopolitanism."".
- catalog extent "xvii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Boswell.".
- catalog identifier "0813119103 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Boswell.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Boswell.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Scotland Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland.".
- catalog subject "828/.609 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, English Biography History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Scottish 18th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Biographers Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Biography as a literary form.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson.".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Scotland.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "PR3325 .B65 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) Rhetoric and runts : Boswell's artistry / Carey McIntosh -- "Casts a kind of glory round it" : metaphor and the Life of Johnson / William P. Yarrow -- "Over him we hang vibrating" : uncertainty in the Life of Johnson / Isobel Grundy -- Pilgrimage and autonomy : the visit to Ashbourne / John B. Radner -- "My dear enemy" : Margaret Montgomerie Boswell in the Life of Johnson / Irma S. Lustig -- Boswell's meetings with Johnson, a new count / Hitoshi Suwabe.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Boswell's travels through the German, Swiss, and French Enlightenment / Marlies K. Danziger -- Boswell's response to the European landscape / Peter F. Perreten -- "Something that put me in mind of my father" : Boswell and Lord Kames / Richard B. Sher -- James Boswell, Henry Dundas, and enlightened politics / Michael Fry -- Politics in the Boswell-Temple correspondence / Thomas Crawford -- Master of Ulubrae : Boswell as enlightened laird / John Strawhorn --".
- catalog title "Boswell : citizen of the world, man of letters / Irma S. Lustig, editor.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".