James Boswell (1740-1795), biographer of Samuel Johnson and lifelong diarist, provided one of the most detailed descriptions of eighteenth-century London life in his <i>London Journal: 1762-1763</i>. In it, Boswell chronicled his self-conscious attempts to refashion himself from the uncultivated Scottish youth that he worried he was into the refined London gentleman he desperately wanted to become. Moving to London at a time when Post-Union Britain was supposedly ushering in a new era of Britishness, Boswells musings offer a different perspective, one in which nationalism specifically, English and Scottish nationalism played an important role in Boswells quest to construct his idealized genteel identity. Examinations of Boswells <i>Journal</i> reveal important insight into his views on national identity, masculinity, and the city of London itself, as well as how all of these aspects relate to each other in shaping Boswells quest to shape his character.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:USASK/oai:usask.ca:etd-11232010-202008 |
| Date | 24 November 2010 |
| Creators | Krueger, Kurt |
| Contributors | McCannon, John, Smith, Lisa, DesBrisay, Gordon, Stephanson, Ray |
| Publisher | University of Saskatchewan |
| Source Sets | University of Saskatchewan Library |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-11232010-202008/ |
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