Fresh Reflections on Samuel Johnson: Essays in CriticismPrem Nath This volume of criticism seeks to refresh discussion of Samuel Johnson. |
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... reference in the kind of detail it seems to warrant . John Wain , himself a poet , comes closest when he says , " The sentence always pulls me up . . . a superbly condensed piece of writing ... it signals a change of tone in the letter ...
... reference in the kind of detail it seems to warrant . John Wain , himself a poet , comes closest when he says , " The sentence always pulls me up . . . a superbly condensed piece of writing ... it signals a change of tone in the letter ...
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... reference to Johnson in the Letters is a disputed one , in which he is described as " a respectable Hottentot , " whose " moral character , deep learn- ing , and superior parts " are admirable , but whose " figure ( with- out being ...
... reference to Johnson in the Letters is a disputed one , in which he is described as " a respectable Hottentot , " whose " moral character , deep learn- ing , and superior parts " are admirable , but whose " figure ( with- out being ...
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... references will be included in the text . All quotations from the Life will also be from this edition ; the page and volume references will also be included in the text . 2The most visible attacks on Boswell have occurred in the work of ...
... references will be included in the text . All quotations from the Life will also be from this edition ; the page and volume references will also be included in the text . 2The most visible attacks on Boswell have occurred in the work of ...
Contents
Johnson and Critical Expectation | 13 |
Samuel Johnsons Ambivalent View of Classical Pastoral | 31 |
Johnsons Historical Reviews | 63 |
Copyright | |
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