num_pages: 198
description: What makes a biographical masterpiece? By decoding the manuscript of Boswell's Life of Johnson , this innovative study reveals the methods and the models that shaped his monumental portrait. The result is a more subtle, more vital assessment of Boswell the designer--and an enhanced awareness of biography's power to make life into art.
language: English
title: Designing the Life of Johnson
titlecomplete: Designing the Life of Johnson (Lyell Lectures in Bibliography)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford University Press