Get New Releases Free Audio Books Of Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: British Biography Author: Carl Rollyson Narrator: Byrwec Ellison Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 04-13-16 Publisher: Carl Rollyson Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Biography as a literary genre is largely the product of the 18th century and of one seminal work, James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1791). Boswell's innovations revolutionized the genre and made it the target of suppression and censorship. He sought not only to memorialize a great man but also to reveal his flaws. Boswell reported long stretches of Johnson's conversation, noted his mannerisms, and in general gave an intimate picture such as no biography had ever before dared to attempt. After Boswell, there was a retreat from his bolder innovations, which amounted to self-censorship on the biographer's part. When Thomas Carlyle's biographer, James Anthony Froude