English Biography in the Eighteenth Century

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1931

In the series Anniversary Collection

The growth and maturity of Life-writing, especially in the works of Johnson and Boswell, with an incidental picture of the times.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
I. INTRODUCTORY: LIFE-WRITING BEFORE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. THE INFLUENCES WHICH MADE POSSIBLE THE MODERN CONCEPTION OF BIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
III. THE GROWTH OF REALISM IN THE PAMPHLET-LIVES, THE COLLECTED CHRONICLES OF CRIME, THE INTIMATE MEMOIRS, AND THE ROGUE-LIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
IV. THE “PRIVATE LIFE” ELEMENT IN THE LIVES OF THE NORTHS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
V. THE ADVANCE OF SCHOLARLY METHODS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOGRAPHICAL LEXICOGRAPHY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
VII. THE METHODS OF WILLIAM MASON IN THE MEMOIRS OF GRAY AND THE MEMOIRS OF WHITEHEAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
VIII. JOHNSON’S LIVES OF THE POETS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
IX. BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
X. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, MEMOIRS AND COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513

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