| Description |
335 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-319) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the poet, his poems, and place in the world of restoration and eighteenth-century poets -- The young author -- London, "country" ideology, and the limits of Augustan imitation -- Irene and the limits of neoclassical drama -- Faith and the limits of reason in The vanity of human wishes -- The Latin poems -- The poetics of Johnson's epitaphs and elegies -- Virtue, charity, and defense of the vulnerable in Johnson's theater prologues -- The drawing-room poems : compliments, parodies, translations, and satires -- Epilogue : Johnson's poetic valediction : "translation of Horace, ode 4.7". |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Poetic works
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Poetry -- Authorship -- History -- 18th century.
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| ISBN |
0874136768 (alk. paper) |
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