From 2010: This meme, started by Tyler Cowen and picked up by, among others, Jenny Davidson and Ross Douthat, has piqued my interest. Here goes: ' W. Jackson Bate, Samuel Johnson. It was this modern exemplar of the biographer's art, not Boswell's Life, that introduced me to the man who became and remained my hero. Not only did Dr. Continue reading Lookback: ten books which influenced my view of t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM on March 24, 2020