Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons : and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: Volume 2
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2020
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0461601982
ISBN 13: 9780461601985
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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The Life Of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending An Account Of His Studies And Numerous Works In Chronological Order : A Series Of His Epistolary Correspondence And Conversations With Many Eminent Persons : And Various Original Pieces Of His Composition, Never Before Published by James Boswell This work assembles Boswell’s detailed portrait of Dr. Samuel Johnson, tracing his mature years through salon conversations, travels, legal and social debates, and intimate correspondence. The excerpts cover Johnson’s engagements in London in the mid-1770s, his day-by-day France journey with Boswell and Mrs. Thrale, and his ongoing involvement in inheritance questions such as the Auchinleck entail. Through Johnson’s dialogues with a constellation of contemporaries—Boswell, Lord Hailes, Reynolds, Garrick, Thrale, Langton, and many others—the volume illuminates his critique of literature, politics, virtue, education, and civil life. It also presents Johnson’s moral philosophy, skepticism about faction, and defense of serious reading against fashionable talk. Travel writing and observations reveal Johnson’s precise eye for art, religion, and national character. The book blends epistolary letters, Johnson’s own notes, and Boswell’s narration to offer a deeply affectionate, rigorous portrait of a towering intellect and his intimate circle.

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