Boswell's presumptuous task
By: Adam Sisman.
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Boswell, James, -- 1740-1795.; Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784.; Authors, English -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Biography as a literary form.
Description: This work concentrates on the years after Johnson's death, during which Boswell, through all his trials and sorrows, remained dedicated to the task of depicting his friend "more completely than any man who has yet ever lived".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.