James Boswell (1) (1740–1795)
Autor/a de The Life of Samuel Johnson
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James Boswell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1740 of an old and honored family. As a young man, Boswell was ambitious to have a literary career but reluctantly obeying the wishes of his father, a Scottish Judge, he followed a career in the law. He was admitted to the Scottish bar in 1766. mostra'n més However, his legal practice did not prevent him from writing a series of periodical essays, The Hypochondriac (1777-83), and his Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides (1785), was an account of the journey to the outer islands of Scotland undertaken with Samuel Johnson in 1773. In addition, Boswell wrote the impulsively frank Journals, private papers lost to history until they were discovered by modern scholars and issued in a multivolume set. Known during much of his life as Corsican Boswell for his authorship of An Account of Corsica in 1768, his first considerable work, Boswell now bears a name that is synonymous with biographer. The reason rests in the achievement of his Life of Samuel Johnson published in 1791, seven years after the death of Johnson. Boswell recorded in his diary the anxiety of the long-awaited encounter with Johnson, on May 16, 1763, in the back parlor of a London bookstore, and upon their first meeting he began collecting Johnson's conversations and opinions. Johnson was a daunting subject for a biographer, in part because of his extraordinary, outsized presence and, in part because Johnson himself was a pioneer in the art of literary biography. Boswell met the challenge by taking an anecdotal, year-by-year approach to the wealth of biographical material he gathered. mostra'n menys
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Obres de James Boswell
Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zélide) (1952) 248 exemplars
An account of Corsica; The journal of a tour to that island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli (1768) 68 exemplars
Boswell, the English Experiment, 1785-1789 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) (1986) 36 exemplars
Boswell's Life of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into… (1887) 31 exemplars
Boswell, the Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) (1981) 22 exemplars
The correspondence and other papers of James Boswell relating to the making of the Life of Johnson (1968) 14 exemplars
Dr. Johnson's table-talk : containing aphorisms on literature, life, and manners, with anecdotes of distinguished… (2007) 14 exemplars
A letter to the people of Scotland : on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union, and introduce a… 11 exemplars
A Shorter Boswell 9 exemplars
The principal corrections and additions to the first edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson 9 exemplars
The correspondence of James Boswell with certain members of The Club, including Oliver Goldsmith, Bishops Percy and… (1976) 8 exemplars
The correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate (1998) 7 exemplars
The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769, Vol. 1: 1766-1767 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers James… (1993) 6 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, vol. 1 6 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 3 5 exemplars
Boswell's correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and his Journal of a tour to Corsica (1879) 5 exemplars
The legal papers of James Boswell. Volume 2. In relation to cases in which Boswell first became involved in the period… (2013) 5 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1ST Modern Library Edition (Complete and Unabridged in One Volume) (1931) 4 exemplars
Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale : upon their supposed approaching nuptials (2010) 4 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson together with a journal to the tour of the Hebrides Vol 3 (1906) 3 exemplars
PRIVATE PAPERS OF JAMES BOSWELL FROM MALAHIDE CASTLE. IN THE COLLECTION OF LT-COLONEL RALPH HEYWARD ISHAM. 20 VOLUMES. (1928) 3 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1966) 3 exemplars
Great Lives by Great Writers 3 exemplars
The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple, 1756-1795: Volume 1: 1756-1777 (Yale Editions of the… (1997) 3 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including a Journal of a tour to the Hebrides Vol. II 2 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.. Vol.1 2 exemplars
Boswell's Book of bad verse: (a verse self-portrait) : or, Love poems and other verses : now first published from… (1974) 2 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson vol 2 2 exemplars
Arte de la biografía — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON L.L.D. With Marginal Comments and Markings from Two Copies Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale… (1938) 2 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 2 2 exemplars
On the profession of a player : three essays 2 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Complete Set of Two Volumes) (1837) 2 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume I and II 2 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson. Vol. 1-3 2 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 1 2 exemplars
Life of Johnson in 2 vols. - Vol. 2 (1776-1784) 2 exemplars
James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes. Volume 4: 1780-1784 (Yale… (2020) 2 exemplars
Verses, in the character of a Corsican at Shakespeare's jubilee : at Stratford-upon-Avon, Sept. 6, 1769 2 exemplars
The Douglas cause 2 exemplars
The journal of James Boswell 2 exemplars
The Works of James Boswell 2 exemplars
Life of Johnson I 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., II 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., III 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.1 and Vol.2 1 exemplars
Samuel Johnsons liv. 1, 1709-1753 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including a Journal of a tour to the Hebrides Vol. 1 [1 of 3] 1 exemplars
Rare 1835 *FIRST* The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell COMPLETE 10 VOLUMES (1777) 1 exemplars
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Volume 1 - 4 (v. 1-4) by Boswell James (1934-12-01) Hardcover (1600) 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. to Which Are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins,… (2012) 1 exemplars
Selections from Boswell's Life of Johnson 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume Two 1776-1784 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 2] 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 1] 1 exemplars
Samuel Johnsons liv. 4, 1776-1778 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. New and complete edition, carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited,… (1873) 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson Vol.I 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson-abridged 1 exemplars
Samuel Johnsons liv. 3, 1769-1775 1 exemplars
Samuel Johnsons liv. 2, 1754-1768 1 exemplars
Johnson's table talk; a selection of his main topics and opinions taken from Boswell's Life and arranged by W.A. Lewis… (2010) 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1 exemplars
Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson (4 Vols) (1969) 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D, Vol. 1 of 2: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Classic Reprint) (2016) 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Lohnson, LL.D. together with the Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides (8 volumes) 1 exemplars
The Yale editions of the private papers of James Boswell. (Research edition.) Correspondence: Volume 1. The… 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1 exemplars
HThe Ilife of Samuel Johnson L.L.D. 1 exemplars
Les papiers de Boswell. amours à Londres 1762-1763. préface de andré maurois. texte français de madame blanchet. (1952) 1 exemplars
Journals 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson, 1709-1765 1 exemplars
Life of Samuel Johnson - 3 Volume Set 1 exemplars
Boswell's Life of Johnson, Edited by The Right Honorable John Wilson Croker in One Volume 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol I 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D., Vol. II 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson (Volume 2) 1 exemplars
The Complete Works of James Boswell 1 exemplars
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (COMPLETE 4 VOLUME SET) Including a JOURNAL of HIS TOUR to the HEBRIDES NEW EDITION,… (1878) 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson - Vol IV and V [Mod Lib] 1 exemplars
The Correspondence of James Boswell and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo: Yale Boswell Editions Research Series:… (2022) 1 exemplars
Boswell"s Life of Johnson. 2 Volumes. 1 exemplars
Life Of Samuel Johnson LLD 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson - Vol. I & II 1 exemplars
Żywot doktora Samuela Johnsona 1 exemplars
Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle in the collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham 1 exemplars
BOSWELLS COLUMN 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited with Notes By Arnold Glover of the Inner Temple- Three volumes 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 2) 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Complete Three Volume Set (Great Books of the Western World Collection) (1983) 1 exemplars
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, VOL. II 1 exemplars
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, volume 1: 1709-1776 1 exemplars
Piozzian rhimes 1 exemplars
Two new songs : Houses shut up, or Rowland in the dumps : Rowland deceived, a Carlisle song 1 exemplars
For the Public advertiser : Mr. Boswell's answer to a letter in this paper, signed An Ayrshireman ... 1 exemplars
Life of Samuel Johnson: v. 5-6 1 exemplars
Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D., The - volume Two 1 exemplars
James Boswell's Life of Johnson. An edition of the original manuscript. Volume 1: 1709-1765 1 exemplars
Letters of James Boswell. Collected and Edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Volume One. (1924) — Autor — 1 exemplars
The private papers of Samuel Johnson 1 exemplars
"from 'The Life of Johnson' " (in Law as Lit) 1 exemplars
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: An Abridgment; With Annotations by the Eminent Biographers and an… (2017) 1 exemplars
That Celebrated Letter - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplars
James Johnson 1 exemplars
A Good-Humored Fellow - from The Life of Johnson (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplars
I Mind My Belly Very Studiously - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplars
James Boswell in 2 Volumes (the Earlier Years 1740-1769, the later years 1769-1795, 2 volumes) (1984) 1 exemplars
Sufficiently Uncouth - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 exemplars
Vita di Samuel Johnson Volume 1: 1709-1775 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 3 1 exemplars
The Scots magazine 1 exemplars
The Journal of James Boswell 1779-1781; David Boswell's Return to Scotland; Jaunt to London; Letters 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson, v. 3 1 exemplars
Journal of a tour through the courts of Germany 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 6) 1 exemplars
The Journal of James Boswell 1769; Love-Letters of James Boswell and Margaret Montgomerie 1 exemplars
The Life Of Samuel Johnson Vol. I! 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 5) 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 1) 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 3] 1 exemplars
The Journal of James Boswell 1776-1777; His account of his last interview with David Hume 1 exemplars
Vita di Samuel Johnson Volume 2: 1776-1784 1 exemplars
James Boswell 3 Volume Set: Boswell in Holland, Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany & Switzerland; and Italy, Corsica… (1952) 1 exemplars
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON ... ABRIDGED AND NEWLY EDITED (LIBRARY OF STANDARD BIOGRAPHIES.) (1906) 1 exemplars
The Life of Johnson, Vol 4 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1 of 3 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume VI - Part I: Addenda, Index (A-K) (Dodo Press) (2009) 1 exemplars
The Life of Samuel Johnson, vol. II 1 exemplars
The cub, at New-Market : a tale 1 exemplars
The life of Samuel Johnson,: Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a… (1811) 1 exemplars
Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1 1 exemplars
Heroic epistle to Joseph Priestley 1 exemplars
A collection of songs 1 exemplars
Life of Johnson, Volume II [The Life of Samuel Johnson, Or Boswell's Life of Doctor Johnson] (1927) 1 exemplars
Boswell's Life of Johnson 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 550 exemplars
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons (2012) — Col·laborador — 278 exemplars
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Col·laborador — 214 exemplars
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Col·laborador — 54 exemplars
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
Grolier Classics: Moby Dick/Life of Samuel Johnson/The Social Contract, The Odyssey (1955) 16 exemplars
Essay on Johnson, together with passages from Boswell's Johnson, and selections from Johnson's works; edited with a… (1924) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- Laird of Auchinleck
- Data de naixement
- 1740-10-29
- Data de defunció
- 1795-05-19
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Auchinleck Church, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- Scotland, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- London, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK
Auchinleck, Scotland, UK - Educació
- University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Utrecht
Edinburgh High School - Professions
- lawyer
author
biographer
diarist - Relacions
- Johnson, Samuel (friend)
Boswell, Alexander (son) - Organitzacions
- The Literary Club
Freemasons - Biografia breu
- James Boswell's fame and accomplishments are such that his name has become synonymous with a close friend and biographer. Although many of his great works and correspondence were lost to scholars for many years, they were fortunately discovered in the 1920s and later published.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 307
- També de
- 17
- Membres
- 9,474
- Popularitat
- #2,537
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 102
- ISBN
- 346
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 31
On the one hand, Boswell, when invited to dinner at Johnson’s house had low expectations: and on the other the pervasive influences of Rousseau (dismissed by Johnson as nonsense) Johnson has a tendency to make assertions with little foundation or evidence other than the weight of a turn of phrase or contrarian obstinance. I found myself noting many passages. One I thought applied to me and I'll note is here for reference
Perhaps it’s that the anecdotes include so many notable encounters amidst the daily routines of eating and visiting that this ‘Life’ can't help but be consumed, not just as an intellectual journey but where tangible remnants in the physical world prompt other depths: I've been fortunate to have visited Dr Johnson's house in London at 17 Gough Square, my sister once gave me a William Hogarth illustration from [b:The Analysis of Beauty|23672505|The Analysis of Beauty (Dover Books of Fine Art)|William Hogarth|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429097330l/23672505._SY75_.jpg|916332], and from my maternal grandfather, I have a complete 1805 set of The Plays of William Shakespeare which includes Dr Johnson's Preface.
I'll now exhume my memories of Gough Square, explore Hogarth's The Analysis of Beauty, and read Dr Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare. The danger is that I'll become obsessed with 18th Century London.… (més)