The Life Of Samuel Johnson. Including A Journal Of His Tour To The Hebrides. To Which Are Added - Softcover

James Boswell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371854296 ISBN 13: 9780371854297

Publisher: HardPress, 1834

Synopsis

The Life Of Samuel Johnson. Including A Journal Of His Tour To The Hebrides. To Which Are Added, Anecdotes By Hawkins, Piozzi, &C. And Notes By Various Hands by James Boswell. This reference work functions as a comprehensive subject index for a scholarly edition on Samuel Johnson and his circle, listing topics, people, places, and works with page references across volumes, and including an errata section and closing notes. It surveys Johnson’s life, writings, and influence within the broader 18th?century literary world, threading biographical entries with critical topics, literary works, and social/political issues, and it provides cross?references to Johnson’s essays, biographies, poems, and dialogues alongside the writings of his friends and rivals. The material also maps Johnsonian portraits, engravings, and related memorabilia, as well as principal repositories, printmakers, editors, and editorial apparatus. A General Appendix index offers an alphabetized roster of Johnson?related topics with cross?references to volumes, while the Johnsoniana sections collect anecdotes, reminiscences, and letters from contemporaries and editors. Overall, the work serves scholarly navigation and memorialization of Johnson’s life, works, taste, and public persona within a multi?volume edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1834
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371854296
• ISBN 13: 9780371854297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404