Samuel JohnsonDespite his status as one of the founding fathers of modern English literature, few of Samuel Johnson's works are widely read today. This book suggests that his writings need to be appreciated in the context of contemporary debates over the role and status of literature within a rapidly expanding culture. |
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... establish . In his pocket Johnson carried the manuscript of a play , Irene , which he may have thought would help in ... established as a central figure in the London theatrical world and arranged to have it produced at Drury Lane as a ...
... establish . In his pocket Johnson carried the manuscript of a play , Irene , which he may have thought would help in ... established as a central figure in the London theatrical world and arranged to have it produced at Drury Lane as a ...
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... established his position as a cultural giant in the eighteenth century and earned him his honorary doctorate and his ... establish the English language as a serious and scholarly tongue . J. C. D. Clark has argued that the Dictionary can ...
... established his position as a cultural giant in the eighteenth century and earned him his honorary doctorate and his ... establish the English language as a serious and scholarly tongue . J. C. D. Clark has argued that the Dictionary can ...
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... established himself and his work sufficiently for them to be judged on their own merits . As such , it indicates the growing importance of the author as a figure who could endow a text with authority , without requiring the endorsement ...
... established himself and his work sufficiently for them to be judged on their own merits . As such , it indicates the growing importance of the author as a figure who could endow a text with authority , without requiring the endorsement ...
Contents
London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
Copyright | |
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