Author: Irma S. Lustig
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813133461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Boswell
Author: Irma S. Lustig
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813133461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813133461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A Life of James Boswell
Author: Peter Martin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300093124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
"Born in Edinburgh, the 'Athens of the North', a Scot who hated living in Scotland and nourished a lifelong love affair with London, Boswell was biographer, journalist, laird, advocate, social lion, incurable rake, lover, life of the party, traveller, steadfast friend, endearing charmer, exhibitionist fool, and drunken sot. In this moving biography, Peter Martin assesses Boswell's literary achievements and uncovers the pulsating and dynamic world he thrived in, from the royal courts and the drawing rooms of fashionable ladies and gentlemen to the fleshpots of London's unsavoury underworld and the chambers of the insane. He also poignantly reveals a man in agony, easily misunderstood, relentlessly plagued by hypochondria or melancholia, buffeted like a straw in the wind by a multitude of anxieties and 'horrible imaginings'."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300093124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
"Born in Edinburgh, the 'Athens of the North', a Scot who hated living in Scotland and nourished a lifelong love affair with London, Boswell was biographer, journalist, laird, advocate, social lion, incurable rake, lover, life of the party, traveller, steadfast friend, endearing charmer, exhibitionist fool, and drunken sot. In this moving biography, Peter Martin assesses Boswell's literary achievements and uncovers the pulsating and dynamic world he thrived in, from the royal courts and the drawing rooms of fashionable ladies and gentlemen to the fleshpots of London's unsavoury underworld and the chambers of the insane. He also poignantly reveals a man in agony, easily misunderstood, relentlessly plagued by hypochondria or melancholia, buffeted like a straw in the wind by a multitude of anxieties and 'horrible imaginings'."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Boswell Thesis
Author: Mathew Kuefler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226457406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Few books have had the social, cultural, and scholarly impact of John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality. Arguing that neither the Bible nor the Christian tradition was nearly as hostile to homoeroticism as was generally thought, its initial publication sent shock waves through university classrooms, gay communities, and religious congregations. Twenty-five years later, the aftershocks still reverberate. The Boswell Thesis brings together fifteen leading scholars at the intersection of religious and sexuality studies to comment on this book's immense impact, the endless debates it generated, and the many contributions it has made to our culture. The essays in this magnificent volume examine a variety of aspects of Boswell's interpretation of events in the development of sexuality from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages, including a Roman emperor's love letters to another man; suspicions of sodomy among medieval monks, knights, and crusaders; and the gender-bending visions of Christian saints and mystics. Also included are discussions of Boswell's career, including his influence among gay and lesbian Christians and his role in academic debates between essentialists and social constructionists. Elegant and thought-provoking, this collection provides a fitting twenty-fifth anniversary tribute to the incalculable influence of Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality and its author.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226457406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Few books have had the social, cultural, and scholarly impact of John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality. Arguing that neither the Bible nor the Christian tradition was nearly as hostile to homoeroticism as was generally thought, its initial publication sent shock waves through university classrooms, gay communities, and religious congregations. Twenty-five years later, the aftershocks still reverberate. The Boswell Thesis brings together fifteen leading scholars at the intersection of religious and sexuality studies to comment on this book's immense impact, the endless debates it generated, and the many contributions it has made to our culture. The essays in this magnificent volume examine a variety of aspects of Boswell's interpretation of events in the development of sexuality from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages, including a Roman emperor's love letters to another man; suspicions of sodomy among medieval monks, knights, and crusaders; and the gender-bending visions of Christian saints and mystics. Also included are discussions of Boswell's career, including his influence among gay and lesbian Christians and his role in academic debates between essentialists and social constructionists. Elegant and thought-provoking, this collection provides a fitting twenty-fifth anniversary tribute to the incalculable influence of Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality and its author.
James Boswell
Author: James Boswell
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838641712
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Draws upon letters, diaries, memoirs, book reviews, and newspaper articles to present a picture of James Boswell from the vantage point of those who knew him best. This book tells what family, friends, rivals, critics, and satirists thought of the man who produced notable works.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838641712
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Draws upon letters, diaries, memoirs, book reviews, and newspaper articles to present a picture of James Boswell from the vantage point of those who knew him best. This book tells what family, friends, rivals, critics, and satirists thought of the man who produced notable works.
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
Author: James Boswell
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300093018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Praise for the earlier edition: The journal is admirably edited and annotated.--W. H. Auden, New Yorker
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300093018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Praise for the earlier edition: The journal is admirably edited and annotated.--W. H. Auden, New Yorker
James Boswell
Author: William Keith Leask
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Boswell's Life of Johnson
Author: James Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hebrides (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hebrides (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Journals of James Boswell, 1762-1795
Author: James Boswell
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300060744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Writer, rake, wit, traveler, and man-about-town, Boswell went everywhere, knew everyone, and never missed an opportunity to enjoy himself. His journals are compulsively self-revealing.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300060744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Writer, rake, wit, traveler, and man-about-town, Boswell went everywhere, knew everyone, and never missed an opportunity to enjoy himself. His journals are compulsively self-revealing.
Letters of James Boswell, Addressed to the Rev. W.J. Temple
Author: James Boswell
Publisher: London, Richard Bentley
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher: London, Richard Bentley
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Form and Purpose in Boswell's Biographical Works
Author: William R. Siebenschuh
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520022461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520022461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description