This is a radical introduction to the Life of Johnson. It discusses
the main structural, dramatic, historical and imaginative aspects
of the work, and establishes its intellectual contexts: Hume's
philosophy, earlier biographical writings by Boswell, and the
French and German Enlightenment and romantic traditions. Professor
Clingham offers an account of the Life based upon reassessment of
the nature of biography, of Boswell's style and thought, and of
Johnson's own works. As he examines the Life's complex
psychological, emotional and artistic facets, a fresh picture of
Boswell as biographer emerges. The book also provides a table of
the principal scenes and conversations in the Life, as well as a
chronological table of Boswell's life and times and a guide to
further reading.
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