Johnson and Boswell : a biography of friendship / / John B. Radner.

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:xii, 415 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Taking charge of Boswell (1763)
  • "Perpetual friendship"? (1764-1767)
  • Jostling for control (1768-1771)
  • New collaborations (1772)
  • Embracing the biographer (1772-1773)
  • Cooperation and rivalry in Scotland (14 August to 22 November 1773)
  • Negotiating and competing for narrative control (14 August to 22 November 1773)
  • Collaboration manque (November 1773 to May 1775)
  • Renegotiating the friendship, part 1 (1775-1777): depression, defiance, and dependency
  • Renegotiating the friendship, part 2 (1777-1778): confrontation, collaboration, and celebration
  • "Strangers to each other" (May 1778 to March 1781)
  • The lives of the poets and Johnson's (auto)biography (1777-1781)
  • Reconnecting (1781-1783)
  • "Some time together before we are parted" (March 1783 to May 1784)
  • "Love me as well as you can" (1784)
  • Rewriting the Hebrides trip (1785)
  • Boswell claiming his inheritance (1786-1791)
  • Winning Johnson's blessing.