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Olof E. Bosson
b. 1871
A Swedish scholar of language, he is remembered for closely studying the lively slang and street speech in the works of Jerome K. Jerome. His surviving work has the feel of careful literary detective work, tracing how everyday talk finds its way onto the page.
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Slang and cant in Jerome K. Jerome's works : A study
by Olof E. Bosson
About the author
Olof E. Bosson, born in 1871, appears in library and book records as a Swedish scholar and critic. The work he is best known for today is Slang and Cant in Jerome K. Jerome's Works (1911), a focused study of colloquial language in the writing of the English humorist Jerome K. Jerome.
Catalog records also attribute to him an earlier French-language study of Guy de Maupassant, which suggests a strong interest in literary language across more than one European tradition. Taken together, the surviving records present him as a researcher drawn to the textures of real speech—slang, idiom, and the ways authors use them to bring characters and social worlds to life.
Very little easy-to-confirm biographical detail seems to be widely available online beyond his birth year and publications. Even so, his work still stands out for readers interested in how language changes, how writers borrow from everyday speech, and how close reading can uncover the social flavor of literature.