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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... interest , generated in opposition to the Whig magnates who dominated the political system and monopolized political power from the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Some twentieth - century com- mentators have seen this language as part of ...
... interest , generated in opposition to the Whig magnates who dominated the political system and monopolized political power from the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Some twentieth - century com- mentators have seen this language as part of ...
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... interest in the foreign and exotic that was manifested in the massive popularity of books of travels , both real and imaginary . ' But , in many of these works , the anthropological interest in different people and places was combined ...
... interest in the foreign and exotic that was manifested in the massive popularity of books of travels , both real and imaginary . ' But , in many of these works , the anthropological interest in different people and places was combined ...
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... interest in the scenes around him is very different from Boswell's interest in individ- ual stories , and in particular in the character of Johnson himself . From Boswell we get an account of the personal side of the journey - the rows ...
... interest in the scenes around him is very different from Boswell's interest in individ- ual stories , and in particular in the character of Johnson himself . From Boswell we get an account of the personal side of the journey - the rows ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
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