The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age / Leo Damrosch.
The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age / Leo Damrosch.
The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age / Leo Damrosch.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/1650
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Johnson before Boswell : the years of struggle -- Johnson before Boswell : fame at last -- Boswell before Johnson : setting out for the wide world -- Boswell before Johnson : the search for self -- The fateful meeting -- Boswell abroad -- The Club is born -- Sir Joshua Reynolds -- Edmund...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "t...
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Full title
The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age / Leo Damrosch.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-443) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/1650
Record Identifier
74VKVBMerEN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBMerEN3
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ISBN
0300217900 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780300217902 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
DDC
941.073
MMS ID
991024238496702626
