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James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An edition of the original manuscript (The Yale editions of the private papers of James Boswell--research edition)
James Boswell's Life of Johnson An edition of the original manuscript - The Yale editions of the private papers of James Boswell--research edition Author:James Boswell The original manuscript of James Boswell`s Life of Johnson-a composite of his basic draft and innumerable revisions-served as printer`s copy despite its maze-like appearance. This book is the first of four volumes to be devoted to that original manuscript, an edition that will make this complex document accessible for the first time. The special... more »ly designed text, supplemented by textual and explanatory notes, enables the reader to trace all the substantive changes Boswell made in the process of composition.« less