Designing the Life of Johnson : The Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, 2001-2

Bok av Bruce Redford
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.