James Boswell Knihy

Life of Johnson, by Boswell, remains one of the best biographies ever written. It is a compilation of letters, journals, memoirs, and extracts of other works. It presents the personality of the author, his profound ideas, and his ideology of life. Even the most negligible detail about the dressing and the lifestyle of Johnson is given in a humorous and subtle manner. The literary society of England at the time is also reflected through the work.

Even if James Boswell hadn't written the The Life of Johnson, he would be famous for this memoir of eighteenth-century London life. Boswell arrived in the great metropolis from his native Edinburgh in 1762, and he kept a daily journal of his nine-month sojourn. Bawdy, witty, and brimming with fascinating details, the accounts range from his illicit encounters with prostitutes to his momentous meeting with Samuel Johnson. Boswell's London diary disappeared for 150 years, finally turning up in the 1920s as the literary find of the twentieth century. Unlike his other journals, it escaped nineteenth-century bowdlerization, allowing the author's voice to emerge with strikingly modern candor. Boswell writes frankly of his struggles with depression and his sexual obsessions. His painstaking records of the lively repartee of his mentor's literary circle formed the backbone of The Life of Johnson, and just as that book proved him a worthy biographer, so this one shows him an equally captivating subject.

Imagine an enthusiastic young man who encounters a scholar he idolizes. For decades, he accompanies this figure, meticulously recording everything his idol does or says: whom he visits, what he eats, with whom, in which pubs, and the conversations that unfold. Picture the scholar as witty, highly educated, tempestuous, quick-witted, and a profoundly contradictory, free, and fascinating spirit. The young man is sensitive and possesses a sense of humor. This scenario encapsulates the essence of the most famous biography of all time: James Boswell's life description of Dr. Samuel Johnson, the writer, lexicographer, and literary authority of the 18th century. From the captivating portrait of an extraordinary man emerges a vivid depiction of his era and our European culture.

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Nur 13 Jahre lang (von 1756 bis 1769) war Korsika ein selbständiger, demokratischer Staat. Zeitgenossen verfolgten die Entwicklung der korsischen Republik unter Pasquale Paoli mit größter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgt. Die 'Historisch-geographische Beschreibung von Corsica' des jungen Schotten James Boswell (1740–1795) bietet Gelegenheit, dem Freund Paolis und Rousseaus während des Entstehens einer frühen europäischen Demokratie über die Schulter zu schauen. Er bereiste die Insel im Jahr 1765 – sein Bericht ist ein lebendiges Zeugnis! Aus heutiger Perspektive kann das Werk (gerade in der zeitgenössischen Übersetzung von 1768/69) als großes historisches Gemälde mit durchaus utopischem Gehalt gelesen werden: Korsika, wie es sich hätte entwicklen können, und die Sprach- und Denkbewegungen des 18. Jahrhunderts.

James Boswell, Rechtsanwalt und Schriftsteller, 1740 in Edinburgh geboren und 1795 in London gestorben, ist eine der interessantesten Figuren des 18. Jahrhunderts. In Tagebüchern und Briefen schildert er sein ereignisreiches Leben akribisch und mit erstaunlicher Offenheit. Helmut Winter hat aus diesen umfangreichen 'Journals' eine repräsentative Auswahl getroffen (und übersetzt), die die bewegtesten Kapitel von Boswells Biographie umfasst: Das Londoner Tagebuch 1762/63 – Boswell in Holland – Deutschland und die Schweiz – Italien und Korsika – Auf der Suche nach einer Gattin – Mit Dr. Johnson auf den Hebriden – Chronist und Choleriker – Gescheiterte Karrieren / Der Biograph.