| Description |
xx, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Extraordinarily ordinary : the life of Samuel Johnson / Philip Davis -- Johnson and the arts of conversation / Catherine N. Parke -- Johnson's poetry / Howard D. Weinbrot -- Johnson, the essay, and The rambler / Paul J. Korshin -- Johnson and the condition of women / Eithne Henson -- Johnson's Dictionary / Robert DeMaria, Jr. -- Johnson's politics / Robert Folkenflik -- Johnson and imperialism / Clement Hawes -- Skepticism of Johnson's Rasselas / Fred Parker -- Shakespeare : Johnson's poet of nature / Philip Smallwood -- Life and literature in Johnson's Lives of the poets / Greg Clingham -- Johnson's Christian thought / Michael F. Suarez -- "From China to Peru" : Johnson in the traveled world / John Wiltshire -- "Letters about nothing" : Johnson and epistolary writing / Tom Keymer -- Johnson's critical reception / Steven Lynn. |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Added Author |
Clingham, Greg.
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| ISBN |
0521556252 (pb) |
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052155411X (hc) |
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