Samuel Johnson, Literary Life Writing, and Lichfield Literary Culture, 1775-1835

从1775年到1835年，生活写作经历了巨大的变化，完成了从主导早期时期的“模范”传记模式向关注个人内心心理、道德和创造性生活的新模式的转变。塞缪尔·约翰逊是传记的主要理论家和实践者，也是那个时期最著名的传记《博斯韦尔的约翰逊传》的主题。约翰逊对同时代人的直接和间接影响，包括那些以他的家乡利奇菲尔德为基础或与之相关的人，是传记体裁实验的推动力。该项目通过为学生提供重新评估以利奇菲尔德为中心的文学团体的机会，重新审视格鲁吉亚晚期文学文化。它将为学生提供特权访问未经审查的手稿和印刷书籍集合，在档案和策展工作方面的严格培训，以及通过塞缪尔·约翰逊出生地博物馆的公众参与机会。

From 1775-1835, life writing underwent monumental changes, completing a shift away from the 'exemplary' models of biography that dominated earlier periods to new modes interested in the interior psychological, moral, and creative lives of individuals. Samuel Johnson was a major theorist and practitioner of biography, as well as the subject of the period's most famous biography, Boswell's Life of Johnson. Johnson's direct and indirect influence on his contemporaries, including those based in or associated with his native Lichfield, was an impetus for experimentation in biographical genres. The project re-examines late Georgian literary culture by offering the student the chance to re-evaluate the literary group centred in Lichfield. It will provide the student with privileged access to an under-examined collection of manuscripts and printed books, rigorous training in archival and curatorial work, and public engagement opportunities through the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum.