James Boswell's "Life of Johnson", v. 2: 1766-1776 (Hardcover)


This edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson details how Boswell's original words were changed during the publication process, and offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. Marshall Waingrow charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. This edition of the manuscript is a companion work to the standard scholarly edition of the Life of Johnson, known as the Hill-Powell version.

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This edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson details how Boswell's original words were changed during the publication process, and offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. Marshall Waingrow charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. This edition of the manuscript is a companion work to the standard scholarly edition of the Life of Johnson, known as the Hill-Powell version.

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Imprint

Edinburgh University Press

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, v. 2

Release date

February 1999

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

336

ISBN-13

978-0-7486-0606-1

Barcode

9780748606061

Categories

LSN

0-7486-0606-8



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