Synopses & Reviews
James Boswell (1740and#150;1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist, and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history. This fascinating collection, edited by Paul Tankard, presents a generous and varied selection of Boswelland#8217;s journalistic writings, most of which have not been published since the eighteenth century. It offers a new angle on the history of journalism, an idiosyncratic view of literature, politics, and public life in late eighteenth-century Britain, and an original perspective on a complex and engaging literary personality.
Review
and#8220;Paul Tankard illuminates not only neglected corners of Boswelland#8217;s interests and career, but the wider journalistic culture of late eighteenth-century Britain, bringing to new attention the topics, habits, and reading practices of its lively world of print media.and#8221;and#8212;Gordon Turnbull, General Editor, The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Review
"Complementing the Yale editions of Boswelland#8217;s private papers, Tankardand#8217;s collection of Boswelland#8217;s public journalism makes a brilliant addition to the Boswell canon that illuminates his remarkable liveliness, inventiveness, and versatility."and#8212;Robert DeMaria, Jr., Vassar College
About the Author
Paul Tankard is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.