| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 503 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Periodical essays (1750-1760). Morality, behavior and psychology -- Society and manners -- Biography and autobiography -- Literature and authorship -- Death -- Politics -- pt. 2. Excerpts from the preface to A dictionary of the English language (1755) -- pt. 3. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759) -- pt. 4. Preface to The plays of William Shakespeare (1765) -- Excerpts from Lives of the poets |
| Summary |
Thanks to Boswell's monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, we remember Dr. Johnson today as a great wit and conversationalist, the rationalist epitome and the sage of the Enlightenment. But in Johnson's own day, he was best known as an essayist, critic, and lexicographer. At the center of this collection are the periodical essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. Together, these works - allied in their literary, social, and moral concerns - are the ones that continue to speak urgently to readers today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Literary collections
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM.
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European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English.
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English Literature.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Literary collections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Peter, 1940- editor
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| LC no. |
2009011802 |
| ISBN |
9780674054073 |
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0674054075 |
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