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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... reflections on card parties and an ironic encomium on the masquerade , in response to the enquiry of the correspondent Flirtilla . These billets were written by Johnson's friend Hester Mulso and include the wish that ' he would ...
... reflections on card parties and an ironic encomium on the masquerade , in response to the enquiry of the correspondent Flirtilla . These billets were written by Johnson's friend Hester Mulso and include the wish that ' he would ...
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... reflections on her condition manifest both the persistence of Johnson's characteristic diction , and his movement into new areas of experience . She exclaims that she is : The drudge of extortion and the sport of drunkenness ; sometimes ...
... reflections on her condition manifest both the persistence of Johnson's characteristic diction , and his movement into new areas of experience . She exclaims that she is : The drudge of extortion and the sport of drunkenness ; sometimes ...
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... reflections , rather than presenting them as inherently interesting . Even when dealing with issues such as domestic hygiene , which he is conscious may be considered trivial , he does so in terms that highlight the wider intellectual ...
... reflections , rather than presenting them as inherently interesting . Even when dealing with issues such as domestic hygiene , which he is conscious may be considered trivial , he does so in terms that highlight the wider intellectual ...
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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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