Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson
Author: David Nokes
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 080508651X

In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work.

Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Author: Adam Sisman
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Authors, Scottish
ISBN: 9780007234295

With great wit, Sisman here tells the story of Boswell's presumptuous task--the making of the greatest biography of all time. Sisman traces the friendship between Boswell and Samuel Johnson, his mentor, and provides a fascinating account of Boswell's seven-year struggle to write "The Life of Samuel Johnson."