Designing the life of Johnson
著者
書誌事項
Designing the life of Johnson
（Lyell lectures, 2001-2）
Oxford University Press, 2005
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全4件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
For over two centuries Boswell's massive biography of Samuel Johnson has been both reverenced and reviled. Yet neither its admirers nor its critics have fully understood how the book was designed to work upon them. Boswell himself is partly to blame: throughout the Life he directs attention away from artistry to industry, from creative choices to dedicated researches. Yet his working manuscript, one of the twentieth century's greatest literary discoveries,
tells a much different tale. Designing the Life of Johnson, the first study of its kind, reconstructs Boswell's models and methods by charting this textual labyrinth. It begins by analysing the stages that led to the first edition, goes on to reveal the impact of portrait and theatre-piece upon the structure
of the Life, and ends by uncovering the transformation of Johnson from savage into sage. The result is a more subtle, more vital assessment of Boswell the designer - and an enhanced awareness of biography's power to make life into art.
目次
- Introduction
- 1. Imprinting Johnson
- 2. Representing Johnson
- 3. Dramatizing Johnson
- 4. Transmitting Johnson
- 5. Taming Johnson
- Select Bibliography
「Nielsen BookData」 より