Designing the Life of Johnson

Bruce (University Professor, Boston University) Redford

Oxford University Press, 2005

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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
9780199284832
ISBN-10
0199284830
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
Publication date
2005-07-07
Pages
206
Dimensions
139x217x14
Weight
270