| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 457 pages) |
| Series |
The critical heritage series |
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Critical heritage series.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION; JOHNSON seeking a publisher for London, 1738; WILLIAM MUDFORD on London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1802; JOHN AIKIN on Johnson's poems, 1804; A Criticism on Mahomet and Irene, 1749; JOHN HIPPISLEY, An Essay on Tragedy, 1749; Two early tributes, 1750; JOHNSON surveys his purpose and achievement, Rambler, 1752; ARTHUR MURPHY, Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson, 1792; GEORGE GLEIG in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797; MUDFORD on the 'moral utility' of the Rambler, 1802 |
| Summary |
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves |
| Analysis |
English literature |
| Notes |
Originally published: Johnson. New York : Barnes & Noble, 1971 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 18th century
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 19th century
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boulton, James T
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| ISBN |
0203197356 |
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9780203197356 |
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