{"product_id":"the-enduring-work-of-biography-james-boswells-life-of-johnson-1791-2020-paperback","title":"The Enduring Work of Biography: James Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1791-2020 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Clingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGreg Clingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Bonnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Enduring Work of Biography \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to revitalize appreciation of Boswell's great biography for a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers. Engaging accessibly and informatively with biographical, historical, critical, and textual matters and drawing on the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell, \u003ci\u003eEnduring Work\u003c\/i\u003e discusses Boswell's collaboration with others (both alive and dead) in researching, writing, revising, proofing, publishing, and promoting his biography of Johnson. Central to Boswell's concept of life writing is memory, and \u003ci\u003eEnduring Work\u003c\/i\u003e highlights both its dynamic and collaborative force in the \u003ci\u003eLife of Johnson. \u003c\/i\u003eThis collection is book-ended by an introduction that considers the critical reception of the \u003ci\u003eLife of Johnson \u003c\/i\u003eand an epilogue that suggests its continuing critical insight and relevance. A closing chapter and two appendixes survey the history of the \u003ci\u003eLife of Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e as a best-selling book for over two centuries, an extraordinary collaboration between readers and publishers and between Boswell and Johnson themselves that is still evolving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREG CLINGHAM\u003c\/b\u003e is a British literary scholar and publisher. He was Professor of English at Bucknell University, where he held the NEH Chair in the Humanities and the John P. Crozer Chair of English Literature, and was, for twenty-three years, the director of Bucknell University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875141169401,"sku":"9781644534311","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HtEoxd7YJ79781644534311.webp?v=1787333155","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-enduring-work-of-biography-james-boswells-life-of-johnson-1791-2020-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}