Facts and inventions : selections from the journalism of James Boswell /
James Boswell (1740-1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist, and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history. This fascinating collection, edited by Paul Tankard, presents a generous and varied selection of Boswell's journ...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2014]
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Series: | JSTOR EBA.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Summary: | James Boswell (1740-1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist, and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history. This fascinating collection, edited by Paul Tankard, presents a generous and varied selection of Boswell's journalistic writings, most of which have not been published since the 18th century. |
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Item Description: | Available through University Press Scholarship Online (SHEDL). |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlviii, 442 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300210941 0300210949 |