Designing the Life of Johnson

Bruce (, University Professor, Boston University) Redford

Oxford University Press, 2002

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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.

ISBN-13
9780198187394
ISBN-10
0198187394
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2002
Publication date
2002-05-02
Pages
198
Dimensions
223x144x20
Weight
377