| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Extraordinarily ordinary : the life of Samuel Johnson / Philip Davis -- Johnson and the arts of conversation / Catherine N. Parke -- Johnson's poetry / Howard D. Weinbrot -- Johnson, the essay, and The rambler / Paul J. Korshin -- Johnson and the condition of women / Eithne Henson -- Johnson's Dictionary / Robert DeMaria, Jr. -- Johnson's politics / Robert Folkenflik -- Johnson and imperialism / Clement Hawes -- The skepticism of Johnson's Rasselas / Fred Parker -- Shakespeare : Johnson's poet of nature / Philip Smallwood -- Life and literature in Johnson's Lives of the poets / Greg Clingham -- Johnson's Christian thought / Michael F. Suarez -- "From China to Peru" : Johnson in the traveled world / John Wiltshire -- "Letters about nothing" : Johnson and epistolary writing / Tom Keymer -- Johnson's critical reception / Steven Lynn |
| Summary |
This Companion provides a unique introduction and guide to the works and life of one of the most challenging and wide-ranging writers in English literary history. The compiler of the first great English dictionary, essayist, and one of the most engaging conversationalists in literary culture, Johnson's works and life are here surveyed in their entirety. Chapters on the major works, his life, conversations, letters, and critical reception feature alongside fresh thematic essays, a chronology, and a guide to further reading |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. fast (OCoLC)fst00029184 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clingham, Greg
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| ISBN |
0511999070 |
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9780511999079 |
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