Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750
Death, Religion, and the Family in England, 1480-1750

Author: Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780198208761

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This volume examines the effects of religious change on the English way of death between 1480 and 1750. It discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject such as the death-bed, will-making and the last rites.

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition

Author: James Boswell

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-12-22

Total Pages: 2953

ISBN-13:

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"The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." (1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Regardless of these actions, modern biographers have found Boswell's biography as an important source of information. The work was popular among early audiences and with modern critics, but some of the modern critics believe that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. James Boswell (1740–1795) was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which the modern Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom has claimed is the greatest biography written in the English language.