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Author Hart, Kevin, 1954-

Title Samuel Johnson and the culture of property / Kevin Hart
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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Description 1 online resource (v, 244 pages)
Contents The monument -- 'The age of Johnson' -- Property lines -- Subordination and exchange -- Cultural properties -- Everyday life in Johnson -- Conclusion : 'property, contract, trade and profits'
Summary Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers and critics who preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of 'The Age of Johnson', and demonstrates how Johnson came to occupy a central place in the English literary canon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and indexes
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Subject Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Economics
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson.
SUBJECT Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 fast
Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell, James) fast
Subject Property -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Cultural property -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Biography as a literary form.
Economics in literature.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Biography as a literary form
Civilization
Cultural property
Economics
Economics in literature
Intellectual property
Literature and society
Property -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056624
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98045599
ISBN 0511005466
9780511005466
0511032900
9780511032905
0511048130
9780511048135
0511117701
9780511117701
9786610162048
6610162042