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Johnson and Boswell : a biography of friendship / John B. Radner.
LIBRA PR3533 .R24 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radner, John B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Friends and associates.
- Johnson, Samuel.
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795--Friends and associates.
- Boswell, James.
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Authors, English--18th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Friends and associates.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 415 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Taking charge of Boswell (1763)
- "Perpetual friendship"? (1764-1767)
- Jostling for control (1768-1771)
- New collaborations (1772)
- Embracing the biographer (1772-1773)
- Cooperation and rivalry in Scotland (14 August to 22 November 1773)
- Negotiating and competing for narrative control (14 August to 22 November 1773)
- Collaboration manqué (November 1773 to May 1775)
- Renegotiating the friendship, part 1 (1775-1777): depression, defiance, and dependency
- Renegotiating the friendship, part 2 (1777-1778): confrontation, collaboration, and celebration
- "Strangers to each other" (May 1778 to March 1781)
- The lives of the poets and Johnson's (auto)biography (1777-1781)
- Reconnecting (1781-1783)
- "Some time together before we are parted" (March 1783 to May 1784)
- "Love me as well as you can" (1784)
- Rewriting the Hebrides trip (1785)
- Boswell claiming his inheritance (1786-1791)
- Winning Johnson's blessing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300178753
- 0300178751
- OCLC:
- 785864750
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