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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... produced a regular twice weekly periodical entitled the Rambler . This was not like a modern magazine , which contains a range of articles by different people . Each Rambler addressed a particular topic , such as ' A Londoner's visit to ...
... produced a regular twice weekly periodical entitled the Rambler . This was not like a modern magazine , which contains a range of articles by different people . Each Rambler addressed a particular topic , such as ' A Londoner's visit to ...
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... produced in Italy and France and establish the English language as a serious and scholarly tongue . J. C. D. Clark has argued that the Dictionary can be seen as a response to Johnson's recognition of the increasing irrelevance of the ...
... produced in Italy and France and establish the English language as a serious and scholarly tongue . J. C. D. Clark has argued that the Dictionary can be seen as a response to Johnson's recognition of the increasing irrelevance of the ...
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... produced on the continent in the eighteenth century . Both the Italian Vocabulario ( 1623 ) and the French Dictionnaire ( 1694 ) were produced by groups of academics , working within learned institutions , with the aim of stabilizing ...
... produced on the continent in the eighteenth century . Both the Italian Vocabulario ( 1623 ) and the French Dictionnaire ( 1694 ) were produced by groups of academics , working within learned institutions , with the aim of stabilizing ...
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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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