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... Johnson . Similarly , Johnson himself too long suffered from the reputation of being merely an eccentric personality and powerful talker . Today , however , in line with the general re - evaluation of the 18th century , Johnson and ...
... Johnson . Similarly , Johnson himself too long suffered from the reputation of being merely an eccentric personality and powerful talker . Today , however , in line with the general re - evaluation of the 18th century , Johnson and ...
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... Johnson ever wrote . It remains a classic study of disreputable- ness . The Preface to the Shakespeare is Johnson's solidest piece of criticism . It takes an Age - of - Reason view of its subject , which comes at least as close to our ...
... Johnson ever wrote . It remains a classic study of disreputable- ness . The Preface to the Shakespeare is Johnson's solidest piece of criticism . It takes an Age - of - Reason view of its subject , which comes at least as close to our ...
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... Johnson that leads him to make the most serious , and most astonish- ing , of his Shakespearean blunders - the setting of Shakespeare's comedy higher than his tragedy . " His tragedy , " Johnson summed up , " seems to be skill , his ...
... Johnson that leads him to make the most serious , and most astonish- ing , of his Shakespearean blunders - the setting of Shakespeare's comedy higher than his tragedy . " His tragedy , " Johnson summed up , " seems to be skill , his ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of Samuel Johnson | 41 |
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides | 376 |
Copyright | |
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