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Johnson, Boswell & the biographer's quest.(Samuel Johnson, James Boswell)

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| November 01, 2002 | Meyers, Jeffrey | COPYRIGHT 2002 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Samuel Johnson noted the fascination of gossip, "the delight the mind feds in the investigation of secrets" and famously declared: "the biographical part of literature is what I love best." His penetrating intuition and insight into the lives of his subjects, his formidable knowledge and narrative skill, and his innovative ideas about biography make the Lives of the Poets (1779-81) valuable, indeed essential, models for the modern biographer. Personally acquainted with only a few of his subjects, like Savage and Collins, Johnson believed in finding the facts. He sought out records and documents, letters and manuscripts, printed works and memoirs, interviews and anecdotes. ...

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