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. |
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... culture in which Johnson grew to maturity was a vernacular culture , in that it was largely written in English , but it was a vernacular culture which had developed in an intimate relationship with the classics ' . ' He suggests that ...
... culture in which Johnson grew to maturity was a vernacular culture , in that it was largely written in English , but it was a vernacular culture which had developed in an intimate relationship with the classics ' . ' He suggests that ...
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... culture , to replace the old : English was now to be raised to the dignity of Latin and Greek as a medium for cultural express- ion ' . A succession of writers , including Dryden , Defoe , Pope , and Swift , had argued the need for such ...
... culture , to replace the old : English was now to be raised to the dignity of Latin and Greek as a medium for cultural express- ion ' . A succession of writers , including Dryden , Defoe , Pope , and Swift , had argued the need for such ...
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... Culture of Property ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1999 ) . Explores the construction of Johnson by his biographers , showing how he was turned into a piece of public property . Hudson , Nicholas , Samuel Johnson and ...
... Culture of Property ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1999 ) . Explores the construction of Johnson by his biographers , showing how he was turned into a piece of public property . Hudson , Nicholas , Samuel Johnson and ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
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