New Light on Boswell : Critical and Historical Essays on the Occasion of the Bicententary of the 'Life' of Johnson

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Boswell'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.