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James Boswell, psychological interpretations / edited by Donald J. Newman.
Format
Book
Language
English
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1st ed.
Published/Created
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.
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xviii, 222 pages ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PR3325 .J36 1995
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Authors, Scottish
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18th century
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Psychology
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Great Britain
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Psychology
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Scotland
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Intellectual life
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18th century
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Boswell, James 1740-1795
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Psychology
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Newman, Donald J., 1947-
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Summary note
James Boswell: Psychological Interpretations brings the insights of modern psychological and psychoanalytic theories to bear on the paradoxical tensions in Boswell's life and thus explicates a personality that seems to defy rational explanation.
Drawing from an array of theoretical perspectives, the writers in this volume investigate Boswell's contradictions to reveal the hidden logic of psychic conflict and suggest ways in which these tensions manifested themselves in the biographer's work. As much attention is given to Boswell's less-celebrated works as to the London Journal and The Life of Johnson.
Essays include the effect of Boswell's early reading of The Spectator on his desire to become a writer, the impact on his sense of identity of Rasselas, and the psychological dynamics of his relationships with the demanding Lord Auchinleck and the domineering Samuel Johnson.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. James Boswell, Joseph Addison, and the Spectator in the Mirror / Donald J. Newman
2. Boswell's London Journal: Binding a Life / Elaine Perez Zickler
3. Identification and Identity in James Boswell's Journals: A Psycholinguistic Reflection / Erin F. Labbie
4. Boswell's Grand Tour of Selves / Brian Evenson
5. Mushroom Votes and "Staged" Subjects: Linking Boswell's Simulations of Consciousness to the Novel and Eighteenth-Century Voting Practices / Philip E. Baruth
6. Boswell's Symptoms: The Hypochondriack in and out of Context / George E. Haggerty
7. From Paralysis to Power: Boswell with Johnson in 1775-1778 / John B. Radner
8. James Boswell's Silence / Sanford Radner
9. Boswell's Poetry: The Comic Cohesion of a Fragmented Self / Donald J. Newman
10. Double Writing: The Erotics of Narrative in Boswell's Life of Johnson / Greg Clingham.
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ISBN
0312121423 ((cloth))
9780312121426 ((cloth))
LCCN
94043702
OCLC
31708238
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