James Boswell (1) (1740–1795)
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James Boswell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1740 of an old and honored family. As a young man, Boswell was ambitious to have a literary career but reluctantly obeying the wishes of his father, a Scottish Judge, he followed a career in the law. He was admitted to the Scottish bar in 1766. vis mere However, his legal practice did not prevent him from writing a series of periodical essays, The Hypochondriac (1777-83), and his Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides (1785), was an account of the journey to the outer islands of Scotland undertaken with Samuel Johnson in 1773. In addition, Boswell wrote the impulsively frank Journals, private papers lost to history until they were discovered by modern scholars and issued in a multivolume set. Known during much of his life as Corsican Boswell for his authorship of An Account of Corsica in 1768, his first considerable work, Boswell now bears a name that is synonymous with biographer. The reason rests in the achievement of his Life of Samuel Johnson published in 1791, seven years after the death of Johnson. Boswell recorded in his diary the anxiety of the long-awaited encounter with Johnson, on May 16, 1763, in the back parlor of a London bookstore, and upon their first meeting he began collecting Johnson's conversations and opinions. Johnson was a daunting subject for a biographer, in part because of his extraordinary, outsized presence and, in part because Johnson himself was a pioneer in the art of literary biography. Boswell met the challenge by taking an anecdotal, year-by-year approach to the wealth of biographical material he gathered. vis mindre
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Værker af James Boswell
Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zélide) (1952) 248 eksemplarer
Boswell on the grand tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 (1953) — Forfatter — 114 eksemplarer
An account of Corsica; The journal of a tour to that island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli (1768) 68 eksemplarer
Boswell, the English Experiment, 1785-1789 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) (1986) 36 eksemplarer
Boswell's Life of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into… (1887) 31 eksemplarer
Boswell, the Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) (1981) 22 eksemplarer
The correspondence and other papers of James Boswell relating to the making of the Life of Johnson (1968) 14 eksemplarer
Dr. Johnson's table-talk : containing aphorisms on literature, life, and manners, with anecdotes of distinguished… (2007) 14 eksemplarer
A letter to the people of Scotland : on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union, and introduce a… 11 eksemplarer
A Shorter Boswell 9 eksemplarer
The principal corrections and additions to the first edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson 9 eksemplarer
The correspondence of James Boswell with certain members of The Club, including Oliver Goldsmith, Bishops Percy and… (1976) 8 eksemplarer
The correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate (1998) 7 eksemplarer
The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769, Vol. 1: 1766-1767 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers James… (1993) 6 eksemplarer
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, vol. 1 6 eksemplarer
Boswell's correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and his Journal of a tour to Corsica (1879) 5 eksemplarer
The essence of the Douglas cause : to which is subjoined, some observations on a pamphlet lately published, intitled,… 5 eksemplarer
The legal papers of James Boswell. Volume 2. In relation to cases in which Boswell first became involved in the period… (2013) 5 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 3 5 eksemplarer
Hardover 4 vol. Yale Edition of The Private Papers of James Boswell: London Journal 1762-1763; Boswell in Holland… 5 eksemplarer
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. By JAMES BOSWELL 1963 Heritage Press in 3 VOLS. (1963) 4 eksemplarer
Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale : upon their supposed approaching nuptials (2010) 4 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1ST Modern Library Edition (Complete and Unabridged in One Volume) (1931) 4 eksemplarer
The life of Samuel Johnson together with a journal to the tour of the Hebrides Vol 3 (1906) 3 eksemplarer
Porzia Sansedoni : love-letters of James Boswell written in Italy, 1765 : with other records of his Italian tour 3 eksemplarer
PRIVATE PAPERS OF JAMES BOSWELL FROM MALAHIDE CASTLE. IN THE COLLECTION OF LT-COLONEL RALPH HEYWARD ISHAM. 20 VOLUMES. (1928) 3 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1966) 3 eksemplarer
Disputatio juridica, ad Tit. X. lib. XXXIII. Pand. de supellectile legata; quam favente numine, ex auctoritate… 3 eksemplarer
A Library of Universal Literature In Four Parts Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction, and the Great Orations, Part 2… 3 eksemplarer
Boswell's Life of Johnson, in Two Volumes (Vol. I) 3 eksemplarer
Great Lives by Great Writers 3 eksemplarer
The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple, 1756-1795: Volume 1: 1756-1777 (Yale Editions of the… (1997) 3 eksemplarer
Boswell's note book, 1776-1777 : recording particulars of Johnson's early life communicated by him and others… 2 eksemplarer
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.. Vol.1 2 eksemplarer
Boswell's Book of bad verse: (a verse self-portrait) : or, Love poems and other verses : now first published from… (1974) 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson vol 2 2 eksemplarer
Arte de la biografía — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON L.L.D. With Marginal Comments and Markings from Two Copies Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale… (1938) 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 2 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including a Journal of a tour to the Hebrides Vol. II 2 eksemplarer
On the profession of a player : three essays 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Complete Set of Two Volumes) (1837) 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 1 2 eksemplarer
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume I and II 2 eksemplarer
James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes. Volume 4: 1780-1784 (Yale… (2020) 2 eksemplarer
Life of Johnson in 2 vols. - Vol. 2 (1776-1784) 2 eksemplarer
The life of Samuel Johnson. Vol. 1-3 2 eksemplarer
Observations, good or bad, stupid or clever, serious or jocular, on Squire Foote's dramatic entertainment, intitled,… 2 eksemplarer
A letter to Robert Macqueen Lord Braxfield, on his promotion to be one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary 2 eksemplarer
Verses, in the character of a Corsican at Shakespeare's jubilee : at Stratford-upon-Avon, Sept. 6, 1769 2 eksemplarer
The Douglas cause 2 eksemplarer
Zelide : a correspondence between James Boswell and Belle de Zuylen ; Inviolable plan, to be read over frequently, and… 2 eksemplarer
At a numerous meeting of the friends of Mr. Alderman Curtis, holden at the London Tavern, on the 26th of June, 1791 :… 2 eksemplarer
British essays in favour of the brave Corsicans: by several hands. Collected and published by James Boswell, Esq 2 eksemplarer
The journal of James Boswell 2 eksemplarer
Boswell's note book, 1776-1777,: Recording particulars of Johnson's early life communicated by him and others in those… 2 eksemplarer
The Works of James Boswell 2 eksemplarer
The Journal of James Boswell, 1774-1775. His threatened duel with William Miller, October 1774; His jaunt to London,… 2 eksemplarer
Life of Johnson I 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., II 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., III 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.1 and Vol.2 1 eksemplar
Samuel Johnsons liv. 1, 1709-1753 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: Including a Journal of a tour to the Hebrides Vol. 1 [1 of 3] 1 eksemplar
Rare 1835 *FIRST* The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell COMPLETE 10 VOLUMES (1777) 1 eksemplar
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Volume 1 - 4 (v. 1-4) by Boswell James (1934-12-01) Hardcover (1600) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. to Which Are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins,… (2012) 1 eksemplar
Selections from Boswell's Life of Johnson 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume Two 1776-1784 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 2] 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 1] 1 eksemplar
Samuel Johnsons liv. 4, 1776-1778 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. New and complete edition, carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited,… (1873) 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson Vol.I 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson-abridged 1 eksemplar
Samuel Johnsons liv. 3, 1769-1775 1 eksemplar
Samuel Johnsons liv. 2, 1754-1768 1 eksemplar
Johnson's table talk; a selection of his main topics and opinions taken from Boswell's Life and arranged by W.A. Lewis… (2010) 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1 eksemplar
Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson (4 Vols) (1969) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D, Vol. 1 of 2: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Classic Reprint) (2016) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Lohnson, LL.D. together with the Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides (8 volumes) 1 eksemplar
The Yale editions of the private papers of James Boswell. (Research edition.) Correspondence: Volume 1. The… 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1 eksemplar
HThe Ilife of Samuel Johnson L.L.D. 1 eksemplar
Les papiers de Boswell. amours à Londres 1762-1763. préface de andré maurois. texte français de madame blanchet. (1952) 1 eksemplar
Journals 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson, 1709-1765 1 eksemplar
Life of Samuel Johnson - 3 Volume Set 1 eksemplar
Boswell's Life of Johnson, Edited by The Right Honorable John Wilson Croker in One Volume 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol I 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D., Vol. II 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson (Volume 2) 1 eksemplar
The Complete Works of James Boswell 1 eksemplar
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (COMPLETE 4 VOLUME SET) Including a JOURNAL of HIS TOUR to the HEBRIDES NEW EDITION,… (1878) 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson - Vol IV and V [Mod Lib] 1 eksemplar
The Correspondence of James Boswell and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo: Yale Boswell Editions Research Series:… (2022) 1 eksemplar
Boswell"s Life of Johnson. 2 Volumes. 1 eksemplar
Life Of Samuel Johnson LLD 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson - Vol. I & II 1 eksemplar
Żywot doktora Samuela Johnsona 1 eksemplar
Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle in the collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham 1 eksemplar
BOSWELLS COLUMN 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited with Notes By Arnold Glover of the Inner Temple- Three volumes 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 2) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Complete Three Volume Set (Great Books of the Western World Collection) (1983) 1 eksemplar
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, VOL. II 1 eksemplar
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, volume 1: 1709-1776 1 eksemplar
Piozzian rhimes 1 eksemplar
Two new songs : Houses shut up, or Rowland in the dumps : Rowland deceived, a Carlisle song 1 eksemplar
For the Public advertiser : Mr. Boswell's answer to a letter in this paper, signed An Ayrshireman ... 1 eksemplar
Life of Samuel Johnson: v. 5-6 1 eksemplar
Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D., The - volume Two 1 eksemplar
James Boswell's Life of Johnson. An edition of the original manuscript. Volume 1: 1709-1765 1 eksemplar
Letters of James Boswell. Collected and Edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Volume One. (1924) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
The private papers of Samuel Johnson 1 eksemplar
"from 'The Life of Johnson' " (in Law as Lit) 1 eksemplar
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: An Abridgment; With Annotations by the Eminent Biographers and an… (2017) 1 eksemplar
That Celebrated Letter - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 eksemplar
James Johnson 1 eksemplar
A Good-Humored Fellow - from The Life of Johnson (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 eksemplar
I Mind My Belly Very Studiously - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 eksemplar
James Boswell in 2 Volumes (the Earlier Years 1740-1769, the later years 1769-1795, 2 volumes) (1984) 1 eksemplar
Sufficiently Uncouth - from The Life of Johnson - (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 eksemplar
Vita di Samuel Johnson Volume 1: 1709-1775 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments by Mrs Piazzi (3-Volume Set) Volume 3 1 eksemplar
The Scots magazine 1 eksemplar
The Journal of James Boswell 1779-1781; David Boswell's Return to Scotland; Jaunt to London; Letters 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson, v. 3 1 eksemplar
Journal of a tour through the courts of Germany 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 6) 1 eksemplar
The Journal of James Boswell 1769; Love-Letters of James Boswell and Margaret Montgomerie 1 eksemplar
The Life Of Samuel Johnson Vol. I! 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 5) 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson in 6 vols. (Vol. 1) 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson. [Part 3] 1 eksemplar
The Journal of James Boswell 1776-1777; His account of his last interview with David Hume 1 eksemplar
Vita di Samuel Johnson Volume 2: 1776-1784 1 eksemplar
James Boswell 3 Volume Set: Boswell in Holland, Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany & Switzerland; and Italy, Corsica… (1952) 1 eksemplar
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON ... ABRIDGED AND NEWLY EDITED (LIBRARY OF STANDARD BIOGRAPHIES.) (1906) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Johnson, Vol 4 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1 of 3 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume VI - Part I: Addenda, Index (A-K) (Dodo Press) (2009) 1 eksemplar
The Life of Samuel Johnson, vol. II 1 eksemplar
The cub, at New-Market : a tale 1 eksemplar
The life of Samuel Johnson,: Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a… (1811) 1 eksemplar
Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1 1 eksemplar
Heroic epistle to Joseph Priestley 1 eksemplar
A collection of songs 1 eksemplar
Life of Johnson, Volume II [The Life of Samuel Johnson, Or Boswell's Life of Doctor Johnson] (1927) 1 eksemplar
Boswell's Life of Johnson 1 eksemplar
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Den tyve år yngre James Boswell var en stor fan og personlig ven, og han udgav i 1791 - efter Johnsons død - en biografi, der hurtigt blev en klassiker og længe blev regnet for den største biografi skrevet på engelsk.
Boswell ville skrive en ny type biografi. Det almindelige havde været at skrive en meget rosende gennemgang af personens offentlige liv, men Boswell ville vise personen i sin helhed. Selvom han beundrer Johnson medtager han gerne mindre flatterende episoder, og i stedet for at fokusere på Johnsons værker bygger han på dagbogsoptegnelser fra deres mange møder. Ofte gengiver han ordret samtaler mellem Johnsen, sig selv og andre fremtrædende forfattere.
Bogen blev udgivet på dansk i 1942 under besættelsen, og der er næppe tvivl om, at udgivelsen på netop det tidspunkt af ”den mest engelske bog, der eksisterer” (s. 5) også var en politisk kommentar.
Nøjagtigheden i citaterne kan selvfølgelig diskuteres, og det er næppe alle ord, der er faldet, som det fremgår af bogen. På den anden side skrev Boswell minutiøs dagbog, så meget er sikkert tæt på virkeligheden. Det giver et meget levende indtryk af Johnson og andre fremtrædende kulturpersonligheder, der færdedes i Johnsons kreds, som forfatteren Oliver Goldsmith og skuespilleren David Carrick. De to store fandt sig ikke nødvendigvis i Johnsons luner og indfald, sådan som Boswell gjorde, og det kom der mange konflikter ud af. (Det ville være forkert at sige, at Boswell var enig med Johnson i alt, men uenigheden udtrykkes først som kommentarer i bogen, og han regnede altid Johnson for sin intellektuelle overmand.)
Johnson var en kantet personlighed, der udtalte sig med autoritet om alt muligt, også ting han ikke havde synderlig forstand på. Han var konservativ og meget religiøs, talte negativt om kvinders åndsevner, og hans grundsætninger om at ulighed, rangsforskelle og regeringens magt over folket var naturlige og en forudsætning for samfundets lykke, virker noget bedagede. Han var kort sagt ikke min kop te, og jeg synes godt det kan undre, at Martins Forlag ikke kunne finde en bedre repræsentant for England og kampen mod nazismen.
Bogen er underholdende og giver et godt indblik i Johnsons personlig og hans omgangskreds, men Boswell er gået i den modsatte grøft og interesserer sig så meget for samtalerne, at der mangler en præsentation og analyse af det, der er blevet Johnsons blivende bidrag: Hans ordbog, hans skønlitterære værker og hans mange pamfletter og indlæg i den offentlige debat.… (mere)