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- catalog abstract ""For over two centuries James Boswell's massive biography of Samuel Johnson has been both reverenced and reviled. Yet neither its admirers nor its critics have fully understood how the book was designed to work upon them. Boswell himself is partly to blame: throughout the Life he directs attention away from artistry to industry, from creative choices to dedicated researches. Yet his working manuscript, one of the twentieth century's greatest literary discoveries, tells a much different tale. Designing the Life of Johnson, the first study of its kind, reconstructs Boswell's models and methods by charting this textual labyrinth. It begins by analysing the stages that led to the first edition, goes on to reveal the impact of portrait and theatre-piece upon the structure of the Life, and ends by uncovering the transformation of Johnson from savage into sage. The result is a more subtle, more vital assessment of Boswell the designer - and an enhanced awareness of biography's power to make life into art."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12554399.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""For over two centuries James Boswell's massive biography of Samuel Johnson has been both reverenced and reviled. Yet neither its admirers nor its critics have fully understood how the book was designed to work upon them. Boswell himself is partly to blame: throughout the Life he directs attention away from artistry to industry, from creative choices to dedicated researches. Yet his working manuscript, one of the twentieth century's greatest literary discoveries, tells a much different tale. Designing the Life of Johnson, the first study of its kind, reconstructs Boswell's models and methods by charting this textual labyrinth. It begins by analysing the stages that led to the first edition, goes on to reveal the impact of portrait and theatre-piece upon the structure of the Life, and ends by uncovering the transformation of Johnson from savage into sage. The result is a more subtle, more vital assessment of Boswell the designer - and an enhanced awareness of biography's power to make life into art."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Imprinting Johnson -- Representing Johnson -- Dramatizing Johnson -- Transmitting Johnson -- Taming Johnson.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 181 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198187394 (hc)".
- catalog isPartOf "Lyell lectures ; 2001-2002.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Lyell lectures ; 2001-2".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "828/.609 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, English Biography History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Biography as a literary form.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.".
- catalog subject "PR3533.B7 R44 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Imprinting Johnson -- Representing Johnson -- Dramatizing Johnson -- Transmitting Johnson -- Taming Johnson.".
- catalog title "Designing the Life of Johnson / Bruce Redford.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".