New Light on Boswell by Greg Clingham, David Daiches - 9780521380478

New Light on BoswellCritical and Historical Essays on the Occasion of the Bicententary of the 'Life' of Johnson\nAuthor(s): Greg Clingham, David Daiches\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521380478, 978-0521380478\nSynopsis\nBoswell's Life of Johnson is established as one of the foremost literary biographies in the English language. This 1991 collection of essays, commemorating its bicentenary, investigates Boswell's achievements and limitations in both literary and personal contexts, and goes beyond the Life to examine the full range of Boswell's writings and interests (in legal, social, theological, political and linguistic fields). Drawing Boswell out of Johnson's shadow, the volume places him in a wider context, juxtaposing Boswell with other contemporaries and compatriots in the Scottish enlightenment, such as Hume, Robertson and Blair. In addition it investigates some of the critical and th.