Reconsidering Biography Contexts, Controversies, and Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson |
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| Author:
| Brownley, Martine Watson |
| Contribution by:
| Brack, O. M.
Brownley, Martine W.
Clingham, Greg
Erwin, Timothy
Johnson, Christopher D.
Kaminski, Thomas
Yeager, Myron D. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61148-383-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Although Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson has long been an essential source for readers interested in Samuel Johnson, for over two hundred years now Hawkins's biography has been systematically misread, misinterpreted, and misunderstood. Reconsidering Biography opens a long-needed critical debate on Hawkins's achievement as a biographer, and in the process argues for important changes in prevailing scholarly views of Hawkins, Johnson, and English biography itself.
Although Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson has long been an essential source for readers interested in Samuel Johnson, for over two hundred years now Hawkins's biography has been systematically misread, misinterpreted, and misunderstood. Reconsidering Biography opens a long-needed critical debate on Hawkins's achievement as a biographer, and in the process argues for important changes in prevailing scholarly views of Hawkins, Johnson, and English biography itself.