The Resource The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age, Leo Damrosch
The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age, Leo Damrosch
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- Summary
- "In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the "odd couple" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age, and our own"--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- Johnson before Boswell : the years of struggle
- Johnson before Boswell : fame at last
- Boswell before Johnson : setting out for the wide world
- Boswell before Johnson : the search for self
- The fateful meeting
- Boswell abroad
- The Club is born
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Edmund Burke
- David Garrick
- The spirit of mirth
- A new life at Streatham
- Boswell in Scotland--and Stratford
- Among the farthest Hebrides --The widening river
- Empire
- Adam Smith
- Edward Gibbon
- Infidels and believers
- Johnson nearing the end
- Boswell on the downhill slope
- Epilogue
- Appendix : members of the Club in its first twenty years
- Isbn
- 9780300251784
- Label
- The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age
- Title
- The Club
- Title remainder
- Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age
- Statement of responsibility
- Leo Damrosch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the "odd couple" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age, and our own"--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Damrosch, Leopold
- Dewey number
- 941.073
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D250
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Johnson, Samuel
- Boswell, James
- Societies
- Intellectuals
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age, Leo Damrosch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-443) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Johnson before Boswell : the years of struggle -- Johnson before Boswell : fame at last -- Boswell before Johnson : setting out for the wide world -- Boswell before Johnson : the search for self -- The fateful meeting -- Boswell abroad -- The Club is born -- Sir Joshua Reynolds -- Edmund Burke -- David Garrick -- The spirit of mirth -- A new life at Streatham -- Boswell in Scotland--and Stratford -- Among the farthest Hebrides --The widening river -- Empire -- Adam Smith -- Edward Gibbon -- Infidels and believers -- Johnson nearing the end -- Boswell on the downhill slope -- Epilogue -- Appendix : members of the Club in its first twenty years
- Control code
- on1048941286
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300251784
- Lccn
- 2018952381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1048941286
- Label
- The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age, Leo Damrosch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-443) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Johnson before Boswell : the years of struggle -- Johnson before Boswell : fame at last -- Boswell before Johnson : setting out for the wide world -- Boswell before Johnson : the search for self -- The fateful meeting -- Boswell abroad -- The Club is born -- Sir Joshua Reynolds -- Edmund Burke -- David Garrick -- The spirit of mirth -- A new life at Streatham -- Boswell in Scotland--and Stratford -- Among the farthest Hebrides --The widening river -- Empire -- Adam Smith -- Edward Gibbon -- Infidels and believers -- Johnson nearing the end -- Boswell on the downhill slope -- Epilogue -- Appendix : members of the Club in its first twenty years
- Control code
- on1048941286
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vi, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300251784
- Lccn
- 2018952381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1048941286
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