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- Boswell was blushingly frank in his journals, and Johnson was blunt in his judgments, but both men were circumspect, a word not often associated with biographies today, when the history of biography can be said to parallel, where it does not overlap, the history of the erosion of private life.
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On 6 August 1773, eleven years after first meeting Boswell, Johnson set out to visit his friend in Scotland, to begin "a journey to the western islands of Scotland", as Johnson's 1775 account of their travels would put it. [6]
Boswell had long sought an introduction to Johnson, who had by then won renown as the author of the Dictionary and the Rambler and Idler essays. But while he was taking tea with his friend Davies, Boswell was overtaken by fear to discover that Johnson had just lumbered into the shop.
Oct 29, 2009 · Boswell was blushingly frank in his journals, and Johnson was blunt in his judgments, but both men were circumspect, a word not often associated with biographies today, when the history of...
Boswell, a 22-year-old lawyer from Scotland, first met the 53-year-old Samuel Johnson in 1763, and they were friends for the 21 remaining years of Johnson’s life. From the beginning, using a self-invented system of shorthand, Boswell kept a record of Johnson’s conversations.
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May 15, 2015 · In Honor of Biographer's Day, a Reading List from Greenlight. Tomorrow, May 16th, is celebrated annually on the anniversary of the 1763 meeting in a London bookshop between James Boswell and Samuel Johnson, which launched one of the most famous author-subject relationships and produced the biographies Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Life ...
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Boswell’s primary source for The Life of Samuel Johnson was Johnson himself, and the most vivid scenes are those in which Boswell is present. Boswell relied upon his extensive journals, and he included numerous letters between Johnson and himself in his text.
Boswell meets Johnson in 1763, and they form an instant friendship. Boswell sees Johnson whenever he is in London on business, and the two men enjoy frequent conversation and meals together, often in the presence of the other members of the Literary Club which Johnson forms in 1764.
