Concept
Life of Samuel Johnson
Overview
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell is a 1791 biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a universal critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. Many have called it the greatest biography written in English, one of the greatest biographies ever written, and among the greatest nonfiction books of all time. The book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times, as well as an important and enduring work of literature.
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Philosophers who discussed Life of Samuel Johnson
Related ideas
- Edmund Burke
- Thomas Carlyle
- Genre
- Oxford University Press
- Samuel Johnson
- James Boswell
- Quarto
- Critical and Miscellaneous Essays
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.