Designing the Life of Johnson - The Lyell Lectures, 2001-2 (Hardcover)


What makes a biographical masterpiece? By decoding the manuscript of Boswell's Life of Johnson, this innovative study reveals the methods and the models that shaped his monumental portrait. 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.

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What makes a biographical masterpiece? By decoding the manuscript of Boswell's Life of Johnson, this innovative study reveals the methods and the models that shaped his monumental portrait. 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.

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General

Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Lyell Lectures in Bibliography

Release date

May 2002

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

June 2002

Authors

Dimensions

223 x 144 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

198

ISBN-13

978-0-19-818739-4

Barcode

9780198187394

Categories

LSN

0-19-818739-4



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