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Dowling, William C.

Language and Logos in Boswell's ""Life of Johnson"" - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .

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In this deconstructionist interpretation of a major eighteenth-century work, William Dowling analyzes Boswell's Life of Johnson as a paradigm of antithetical structure in narrative, and develops a grammar of discontinuity"" for interpreting other texts as well. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting th.

ISBN: 9781400853823 (electronic bk.) 1400853826 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctt139hr4j JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson.
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 --Technique.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 --Technique.
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson.
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1799

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, English--Biography--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Biography as a literary form.
Narration--Histoire--18e siècle.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
biographies (literary works)
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, English--Biography.
Biography as a literary form.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Technique.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: PR3533.B63 D6

Dewey Class. No.: 828.609 828/.609