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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... suggests that it ' allowed him to hide sensitive thoughts from some others while exploring those thoughts himself'.22 These quotations suggest a desire to exploit the exclusivity of language , as well as its inclusive potential . The ...
... suggests that it ' allowed him to hide sensitive thoughts from some others while exploring those thoughts himself'.22 These quotations suggest a desire to exploit the exclusivity of language , as well as its inclusive potential . The ...
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... suggests that in the Idler Johnson ' con- sciously sought an easy vernacular style ' , which has been seen as ' a deliberate attempt to match the relaxed and informal idiom of Addison and Steele'.17 Yet this did not mean that the papers ...
... suggests that in the Idler Johnson ' con- sciously sought an easy vernacular style ' , which has been seen as ' a deliberate attempt to match the relaxed and informal idiom of Addison and Steele'.17 Yet this did not mean that the papers ...
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... suggests that Shakespeare's plays are ' not in the rigorous and critical sense either tragedies or comedies , but compositions of a distinct kind ; exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature , which partakes of good and evil , joy ...
... suggests that Shakespeare's plays are ' not in the rigorous and critical sense either tragedies or comedies , but compositions of a distinct kind ; exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature , which partakes of good and evil , joy ...
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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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