Fresh Reflections on Samuel Johnson: Essays in CriticismPrem Nath This volume of criticism seeks to refresh discussion of Samuel Johnson. |
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... Political Writings ( 1977 ) writes that London is " a stridently political versification of the polemic stock - in- trade of the ' patriot opposition to Walpole . " 21 Johnson is politically conventional in this poem only in so far as ...
... Political Writings ( 1977 ) writes that London is " a stridently political versification of the polemic stock - in- trade of the ' patriot opposition to Walpole . " 21 Johnson is politically conventional in this poem only in so far as ...
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... politics ) . In these latter works , Pope has more control than he does when addressing political figures . It is also not surpris- ing that Johnson's survey of Pope's thirteen epitaphs is nearly as long as his survey of the remainder ...
... politics ) . In these latter works , Pope has more control than he does when addressing political figures . It is also not surpris- ing that Johnson's survey of Pope's thirteen epitaphs is nearly as long as his survey of the remainder ...
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... political advisor with the poet as the moral inquirer , so Johnson converts the political into a poetic survey . Johnson's claim to literary authority is thus a social action of considerable significance . Throughout the Lives , Johnson ...
... political advisor with the poet as the moral inquirer , so Johnson converts the political into a poetic survey . Johnson's claim to literary authority is thus a social action of considerable significance . Throughout the Lives , Johnson ...
Contents
Johnson and Critical Expectation | 13 |
Samuel Johnsons Ambivalent View of Classical Pastoral | 31 |
Johnsons Historical Reviews | 63 |
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