Samuel JohnsonNorthcote House, 2005 - 100 páginas Despite his status as one of the founding fathers of modern English literature, few of Samuel Johnson's works are widely read today. This book suggests that his writings need to be appreciated in the context of contemporary debates over the role and status of literature within a rapidly expanding culture. |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-3 de 13
Página 3
... DeMaria Jr. has steered a middle course . He identifies Johnson as a humanist , working within a European cultural context . While he stresses Johnson's knowledge of the book trade , he suggests that this was juxtaposed with distaste ...
... DeMaria Jr. has steered a middle course . He identifies Johnson as a humanist , working within a European cultural context . While he stresses Johnson's knowledge of the book trade , he suggests that this was juxtaposed with distaste ...
Página 37
... DeMaria suggests that this political vituperation was made possible by the character of Mr Idler , which ' allows Johnson to address contemporary events more directly than he could as the philosophical Mr Rambler ' ( DeMaria , 197 ) ...
... DeMaria suggests that this political vituperation was made possible by the character of Mr Idler , which ' allows Johnson to address contemporary events more directly than he could as the philosophical Mr Rambler ' ( DeMaria , 197 ) ...
Página 67
... ( De- Maria , 218–19 ) . DeMaria suggests that both the Dictionary and the Shakespeare should be seen to belong to the same series of projects on the history of learning ' . They represent Johnson's increasing acceptance that the focus of ...
... ( De- Maria , 218–19 ) . DeMaria suggests that both the Dictionary and the Shakespeare should be seen to belong to the same series of projects on the history of learning ' . They represent Johnson's increasing acceptance that the focus of ...
Índice
London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
Direitos de autor | |
2 outras secções não apresentadas
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abyssinia Addison Alvin Kernan audience biography Boswell Boswell's Cambridge character characterized Chesterfield classical concept criticism culture David Garrick despite developed Dryden Edward Cave eighteenth century English essay explore fiction Fielding's friends Garrick genre Greene Henry Fielding Hester Thrale Highland highlights Howard Erskine Howard Weinbrot Human Wishes Ibid Idler imitation Imlac included J. C. D. Clark James Boswell John Johnson argues Johnson's Poetry Journey Juvenal Juvenal's knowledge language letter Lichfield literary literature London modern moral narrative narrator nature Nekayah neoclassical neoclassicism novel Oxford University Press Pekuah periodical philosophical play poem poet political preface Printing Technology prose published Rambler Rasselas readers readership Reddick represent Robert DeMaria Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson Oxford Samuel Richardson satire Savage seen Shakespeare significant social Spectator suggests Terry Eagleton Thrale tion Tom Jones tone tour tradition tragedy Vanity of Human vernacular virtue Walter Jackson Bate words writers