Language and Logos in Boswell's Life of Johnson

by William C. Dowling

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691615209
• ISBN13: 9780691615202
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"