Facts and inventions : selections from the journalism of James Boswell / edited by Paul Tankard with the assistance of Lisa Marr.

Author/creator Boswell, James author.
Other author Tankard, Paul, editor.
Other author Marr, Lisa, 1966- editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxlviii, 442 pages ; 25 cm

Uniform titleEssays. Selections
Abstract "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 eighteenth century. It offers a new angle on the history of journalism, an idiosyncratic view of literature, politics, and public life in late eighteenth-century Britain, and an original perspective on a complex and engaging literary personality"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014003422
ISBN9780300141269
ISBN0300141262 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR3325 .A6 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold