Samuel JohnsonNorthcote House, 2005 - 100 páginas "Samuel Johnson was a literary icon in his day - a prolific writer in a wide range of genres, producing poetry, a philosophical novel, literary criticism and periodical essays as well as the famous dictionary. Yet despite his legendary status as one of the founding fathers of modern English literature, few of Johnson's works are widely read today. This book suggests that Johnson's writings need to be appreciated in the context of contemporary debates over the role and status of literature within a rapidly developing and expanding culture. They manifest a fundamental ambivalence towards social and literary change that can be seen to epitomise the radical uncertainties of their age."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... final lingering days of decay following his stroke in 1783 , Johnson occupied himself with the compo- sition of verse . He wrote in both English and Latin and in a range of literary genres . His productions included light- hearted ...
... final lingering days of decay following his stroke in 1783 , Johnson occupied himself with the compo- sition of verse . He wrote in both English and Latin and in a range of literary genres . His productions included light- hearted ...
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... final ' elegantly printed ' volume , enabling them to gain some status as patrons of the arts , but at fairly minimal cost . This system of publication has been seen as an important transitional phase between the aristocratic patronage ...
... final ' elegantly printed ' volume , enabling them to gain some status as patrons of the arts , but at fairly minimal cost . This system of publication has been seen as an important transitional phase between the aristocratic patronage ...
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... final triumph of persecuted virtue . ( Greene , 465 ) When the complete edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare finally came out , the annotated text was preceded by a preface , justifying the work by an analysis of the source of ...
... final triumph of persecuted virtue . ( Greene , 465 ) When the complete edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare finally came out , the annotated text was preceded by a preface , justifying the work by an analysis of the source of ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 11 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
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