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(4.21) | 119 | This complete and unabridged edition is the only complete critical edition in paperback. Samuel Johnson was a poet, essayist, dramatist, and pioneering lexicographer, but his continuing reputation depends less on his literary output than on the fortunate accident of finding an idealbiographer in James Boswell. As Johnson's constant and admiring companion, Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life, but also the humour, wit, and sturdy common sense of his conversation. His brilliant portrait of a major literary figure of the eighteenth century,enriched by historical and social detail, remains a monument to the art of biography.… (mehr) |
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▾Diskussionen (Über Links) » Andere Autoren hinzufügen (65 möglich) | Autorenname | Rolle | Art des Autors | Werk? | Status | | Boswell, James | — | Hauptautor | alle Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Abbott, Herbert Vaughan | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Adler. Mortimer J. | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Chadsey, C. P. | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Evans, Bergen | Einführung | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Herzberg, Max J. | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Hill, George Birkbeck Norman | — | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Rawson, Claude | Einführung | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Ross, Gordon | Illustrator | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Shewan, Rodney | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Tinker, Chauncey B. | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt | | Womersley, David | Herausgeber | Co-Autor | einige Ausgaben | bestätigt |
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Über die Allgegenwart Dr. Johnsons in der englischsprechenden Welt brauchte man kein Wort zu verlieren, wenn bei uns wenigstens das eine bekannt wäre: daß Dr. Johnson dortzulande der nach Shakespeare meistzitierte Autor ist.  | |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the nonexistence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it -- "I refute it THUS." | |
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▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen.  Wikipedia auf Englisch (8)
▾Buchbeschreibungen This complete and unabridged edition is the only complete critical edition in paperback. Samuel Johnson was a poet, essayist, dramatist, and pioneering lexicographer, but his continuing reputation depends less on his literary output than on the fortunate accident of finding an idealbiographer in James Boswell. As Johnson's constant and admiring companion, Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life, but also the humour, wit, and sturdy common sense of his conversation. His brilliant portrait of a major literary figure of the eighteenth century,enriched by historical and social detail, remains a monument to the art of biography. ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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1) Believing Johnson was a genius.
2) Knowing Johnson was an idiot.
3) Shipping Johnson and Boswell.
The moment Boswell meets Johnson is electric.
I'm having so much fun with this one, Johnson is quite often extremely relatable: "I always feel an inclination to do nothing" (p. 268). Going to take a nice break before tackling volume 2. (