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Boswell's Presumptuous Task by Adam Sisman (Hardcover, 2000)
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James Boswell died a disappointed man, considered by his contemporaries to be a foolish failure . Yet today his Life of Johnson is esteemed as the template for modern biography and Boswell himself is regarded as a formidable, if somewhat anti-heroic intellect in his own right. Sisman provides not only an account of Boswell's life but a creative investigation into how Boswell managed to be simultaneously so risible and outstanding and, by extension, an investigation into the nature of biographers and biography. Making use of Boswell's letters and journals (only recently uncovered and unhindered by the constraints of academia), Sisman's book depicts Boswell and the 18th-century world he lived in with clarity and frankness.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241136379
eBay Product ID (ePID)86402645
Product Key Features
Book TitleBoswell's Presumptuous Task
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicLiterature
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorAdam Sisman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height242 mm
Item Weight760 g
Item Width163 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAdam Sisman
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- 02 Jan, 2020
A must read for Boswell fans
As an avid Samual Johnson fan, i found this book to be a fascinating account of how Boswell wrote the Life of Dr Johnson.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
