A Biographer at Work: Samuel Johnson's Notes for the 'Life of Pope'

This book is the first complete transcription of hitherto unpublished notes by Johnson for the 'Life of Pope' (British Library Add. MS. 5994). Kirkley provides Johnson scholars with a scrupulous study of Johnson's editing system as well as a critical study of how these notes mediate the processes of reading and composing, providing critical insight into Johnson's modes of textual production.