| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Life of Reading -- 2. Notes and Marginalia -- 3. Study -- 4. Perusal -- 5. Mere Reading -- 6. Curious Reading -- 7. Samuel Johnson and the Future of Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
In Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading, Robert DeMaria considers the surprising influence of one of the greatest readers in English literature. Johnson's relationship to books not only reveals much about his life and times, DeMaria contends, but also provides a dramatic counterpoint to modern reading habits. As a superior practitioner of the craft, Johnson provides a compelling model for how to read - indeed, he provides different models for different kinds of reading. DeMaria shows how Johnson recognized early that not all reading was alike - some requiring intense concentration, some suited for cursory glances, some requiring silence, some best appreciated amid the chatter of a coffeehouse. Considering the remarkable range of Johnson's reading, DeMaria discovers in one extraordinary career a synoptic view of the subject of reading |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Books and reading
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 fast |
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Johnson, Samuel, (1709-1784) -- Livres et lecture. ram |
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Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, English
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Books and reading
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Intellectual life
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Lezen.
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Boeken.
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Livres et lecture -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043303
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England
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Grande-Bretagne -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780801896521 |
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0801896525 |
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