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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... political issues and locates itself within the partisan tradition of Juvenal . Howard Erskine Hill and J. C. D. Clark have both seen a wider political relevance in London . They argue that the poem displays Johnson's sympathies with the ...
... political issues and locates itself within the partisan tradition of Juvenal . Howard Erskine Hill and J. C. D. Clark have both seen a wider political relevance in London . They argue that the poem displays Johnson's sympathies with the ...
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... political mag- nates of the day . After the accession of the Hanoverian George I in 1714 the parallel became particularly striking , since the aristocracy could be represented as the henchmen of another foreign monarchy . This ...
... political mag- nates of the day . After the accession of the Hanoverian George I in 1714 the parallel became particularly striking , since the aristocracy could be represented as the henchmen of another foreign monarchy . This ...
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... political and religious views'.15 Johnson felt a moral responsibility towards his readers , whom he conceptualized as young and impressionable . He was also anxious to maximize sales and therefore tended to select quotations that were ...
... political and religious views'.15 Johnson felt a moral responsibility towards his readers , whom he conceptualized as young and impressionable . He was also anxious to maximize sales and therefore tended to select quotations that were ...
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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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