Author

Contributions

  • Clingham, Greg. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

66,500 words, Guess

Page Count

266 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing236941
  • Goodreads717969

Classifications

  • DDC828/.609
  • LCCPR3534 .C34 1997

Alternate Titles

  • Samuel Johnson

Description

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 -- The 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.

Subjects

Topics

Handbooks, manualsJohnson, samuel, 1709-1784Criticism and interpretationJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genres

  • Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Series Statement

  • Cambridge companions to literature

Other Editions

  • The Cambridge companion to Samuel JohnsonCambridge University Press1997-01-01

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