Title: Books that have Changed Man’s Thinking - 1969. The Life of Samuel Johnson & The Life of Benvenuto CelliniDescription: Books that have Changed Man’s Thinking - 1969. The Life of Samuel Johnson. By: James Boswell. Selected and abridged by: Edmund Fuller. With an Introduction and Appreciation by: Colin Bell. Published: Dell Publishing Co. – New York. "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English, but some modern critics object that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, and 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.. Very Good condition, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2, hardcover with photos and illustrations, 405 pages.. . Books that have Changed Man’s Thinking - 1969. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. Translated by: John Addington Symonds. With an Introduction and Appreciation by: Arthur Calder-Marshall. Printed in France and bound in Switzerland. Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects.. Very Good condition, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2, hardcover with photos and illustrations, 498 pages.Additional Information: Shipping method via USPS Media Mail, Priority Mail or FedEx Home Delivery whichever is appropriate with insurance. A combined shipping will be calculated and quoted for multiple books for the same buyer and address.
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