James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript, Volume 2: 1766-1776

by James Boswell

Book Overview

This is the second volume of the annotated transcription of James Boswell's manuscript of The Life of Johnson, with its numerous complex revisions and wide array of supplementary materials. The transcription covers the period from 1766, when Boswell returned to Scotland after his eventful Grand Tour and then renewed his friendship with Johnson in London, to 1776, when the two traveled together to Oxford and the English Midlands, visiting scenes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300079699
• ISBN13: 9780300079692
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"