The Cambridge Companion to Samuel JohnsonGreg Clingham Cambridge University Press, 1997 M10 16 - 266 pages The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and intellectual life of one of the most challenging and wide-ranging writers in English literary history. Compiler of the first great English dictionary, editor of Shakespeare, biographer and critic of the English poets, author both of the influential journal Rambler and the popular fiction Rasselas, and one of the most engaging conversationalists in literary culture, Johnson is here illuminatingly discussed from a different point of view. Essays on his main works are complemented by thematic discussion of his views on the experience of women in the eighteenth century, politics, imperialism, religion, and travel as well as by chapters covering his life, conversation, letters, and critical reception. Useful reference features include a chronology and guide to further reading. The keynote to the volume is the seamlessness of Johnson's life and writing, and the extraordinary humane intelligence he brought to all his activities. Accessibly written by a distinguished group of international scholars, this volume supplies a stimulating range of approaches, making Johnson newly relevant for our time. |
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... English literary history . Compiler of the first great English dictionary , editor of Shakespeare , biographer and critic of the English poets , author both of the influential journal The Rambler and the popular fiction Rasselas , and ...
... English literary history . Compiler of the first great English dictionary , editor of Shakespeare , biographer and critic of the English poets , author both of the influential journal The Rambler and the popular fiction Rasselas , and ...
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... English Renaissance Drama edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry , Donne to Marvell edited by Thomas N. Corns The Cambridge Companion to Milton edited by Dennis Danielson The Cambridge ...
... English Renaissance Drama edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry , Donne to Marvell edited by Thomas N. Corns The Cambridge Companion to Milton edited by Dennis Danielson The Cambridge ...
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... near to Capsizing , 238 1783. The Gimbel Collection ( 1067 ) , United States Air Force Academy , Colorado , and reproduced by permission . NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS PHILIP DAVIS , Reader in the English X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
... near to Capsizing , 238 1783. The Gimbel Collection ( 1067 ) , United States Air Force Academy , Colorado , and reproduced by permission . NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS PHILIP DAVIS , Reader in the English X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri - Columbia . She writes on British and American literature , on biography and autobiography , and is a poet . Her recent books are Samuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking ( 1991 ) ...
... English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri - Columbia . She writes on British and American literature , on biography and autobiography , and is a poet . Her recent books are Samuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking ( 1991 ) ...
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... English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale . He is the author of Mania and Literary Style : The Rhetoric of Enthusiasm from the Ranters to Christopher Smart ( 1996 ) , as well as articles on Jonathan Swift , Laurence Sterne ...
... English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale . He is the author of Mania and Literary Style : The Rhetoric of Enthusiasm from the Ranters to Christopher Smart ( 1996 ) , as well as articles on Jonathan Swift , Laurence Sterne ...
Contents
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VIII | 34 |
IX | 51 |
X | 67 |
XI | 85 |
XII | 102 |
XIII | 114 |
XV | 143 |
XVI | 161 |
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XVIII | 209 |
XIX | 224 |
XX | 240 |
XXI | 254 |
XIV | 127 |
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