Johnson and Boswell: A Biography of Friendship - Couverture rigide

Radner, John B.

 
9780300178753: Johnson and Boswell: A Biography of Friendship
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300178751 ISBN 13 : 9780300178753
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

In this book John Radner examines the fluctuating, close, and complex friendship enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, from the day they met in 1763 to the day when Boswell published his monumental Life of Johnson.

Drawing on everything Johnson and Boswell wrote to and about the other, this book charts the psychological currents that flowed between them as they scripted and directed their time together, questioned and advised, confided and held back. It explores the key longings and shifting tensions that distinguished this from each man's other long-term friendships, while it tracks in detail how Johnson and Boswell brought each other to life, challenged and confirmed each other, and used their deepening friendship to define and assess themselves. It tells a story that reaches through its specificity into the dynamics of most sustained friendships, with their breaks and reconnections, their silences and fresh intimacies, their continuities and transformations.

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À propos de l'auteur

John B. Radner is associate professor of English emeritus at George Mason University.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300178751
ISBN 13 
9780300178753
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
432
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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