Quotes and notes on James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson: Part III

About this episode

This episode highlights part three of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson.

Part three of our highlights of James Boswell's seminal biography of the eighteenth-century giant of English literature, Dr Samuel Johnson.Part one: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/p3AA29Zql2b Part two: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/pmbrftnRz2b For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life_30.html .#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBoswell #EdmundBurke #biography #literature #EnglishLiterature #GoldDiggers

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Corrigan

Topics covered

• biography
• literature
• English literature
• James Boswell
• Samuel Johnson
• eighteenth century

Keywords

• James Boswell
• Samuel Johnson
• biography
• literature
• eighteenth century
• Edmund Burke

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Life of Samuel Johnson

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