The Life of Samuel Johnson
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作者James Boswell 著
出版社Penguin Classics
出版时间2008-12
装帧平装
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上书时间2024-07-20
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作者
James Boswell 著
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出版社
Penguin Classics
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出版时间
2008-12
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ISBN
9780140436624
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定价
175.20元
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装帧
平装
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开本
其他
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纸张
其他
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页数
1312页
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正文语种
英语
- 【内容简介】
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InBoswell'sLifeofSamuelJohnson,oneofthetoweringfiguresofEnglishliteratureisrevealedwithunparalleledimmediacyandoriginality,inabiographytowhichweowemuchofourknowledgeofthemanhimself.Throughaseriesofrichlydetailedanecdotes,Johnsonemergesasasociablefigure,vigorouslyengagingandfencingwithgreatcontemporariessuchasGarrick,Goldsmith,BurneyandBurke,andofcoursewithBoswellhimself.YetanxietiesandobsessionsalsodarkenedJohnson'sprivatehours,andBoswell'sattentivenesstoeveryfacetofJohnson'scharactermakesthisbiographyasmovingasitisentertaining.Inthisentirelynewandunabridgededition,DavidWomersley'sintroductionexaminesthemotivesbehindBoswell'swork,andthedifferencesbetweenthetwomenthatdrewthemtoeachother.ItalsocontainschronologiesofBoswellandJohnson,appendicesandcomprehensiveindexes,includingbiographicaldetails.
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JamesBoswell(1740-1795)wasalawyer,diarist,andauthorborninEdinburgh.HeisbestknownasthebiographerofSamuelJohnson.BoswellisknownfortakingvoraciousnotesonthegrandtourofEuropethathetookasayoungnoblemanand,subsequently,ofhistourtoScotlandwithJohnson.Healsorecordedmeetingsandconversationswitheminentindividualsbelongingto'TheClub',includingDavidGarrick,EdmundBurke,JoshuaReynoldsandOliverGoldsmith.SamuelJohnsonwasborninLichfieldin1709andwaseducatedatLichfieldGrammarSchooland,forashorttime,atPembrokeCollege,Oxford.In1735hemarriedElizabethJervisPorterandin1737movedtoLondon.There,hebecamearegularcontributortotheGentleman'sMagazine,butstruggledtoearnalivingfromwriting.HisLondon:APoeminImitationoftheThirdSatireofJuvenalwaspublishedanonymouslyin1738andattractedsomeattention.From1750to1752heissuedtheRambler,aperiodicalwrittenalmostentirelybyhimself,andconsolidatedhispositionasanotablemoralessayistwithsometwenty-fiveessaysintheAdventurer.WhenhisDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1755,JohnsontookontheproportionsofaliterarymonarchintheLondonofhisday.Inneedofmoneytovisithissickmother,hewroteRasselas(1759)reportedlyintheeveningsofoneweek,finishingacoupleofdaysafterhismother'sdeath.In1763BoswellbecamehisfaithfulfolloweranditismainlyduetohimthatweoweourintimateknowledgeofJohnson.Johnson'slastmajorworkwasLivesofthePoets.HediedinDecember1784.DavidWomersleyistheThomasWartonProfessorofEnglishLiteratureattheUniversityofOxford.HehaspublishedwidelyonEnglishliteraturefromtheRenaissancetotheearlynineteenthcentury.ForPenguinhehaseditedGibbon'sHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire,AugustanCriticalWriting,Burke'sPhilosophicalEnquiryintotheSublimeandBeautifulandOtherPre-RevolutionaryWritings,andSamuelJohnson'sSelectedEssays.
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