Language and Logos in Boswell's Life of Johnson

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Language and Logos in Boswell's Life of Johnson
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William C. Dowling
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreLiterary reference works
ISBN/Barcode 9780691615202
ClassificationsDewey:828.609
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

In this deconstructionist interpretation of a major eighteenth-century work, William Dowling analyzes Boswell's Life of Johnson as a paradigm of antithetical structure in narrative, and develops a grammar of discontinuity" for interpreting other texts as well. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-dem