TY - BOOK AU - Radner,John B. TI - Johnson and Boswell: a biography of friendship SN - 0300189087 AV - PR3533 .R24 2012 U1 - 828/.609B 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Johnson, Samuel, KW - Boswell, James, KW - Authors, English KW - 18th century KW - Biography KW - Authors, American KW - 19th century KW - Écrivains anglais KW - 18e siècle KW - Biographies KW - Écrivains américains KW - 19e siècle KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Friendship KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 manqué (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 N2 - In this title John Radner examines the fluctuating, close and complex friendship enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell from the day they met in 1763 to the day when Boswell published his monumental 'Life of Johnson' UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1296285 ER -