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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... HUMAN WISHES The Vanity of Human Wishes was the first of Johnson's works to be published under his own name . It has been regarded by critics , from Boswell ( ' it is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethick ...
... HUMAN WISHES The Vanity of Human Wishes was the first of Johnson's works to be published under his own name . It has been regarded by critics , from Boswell ( ' it is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethick ...
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... human desires and achieve- ments . Howard Weinbrot has drawn attention to Johnson's use of verbs in his poetry , 18 and in the opening lines of Vanity we are exhorted , in a series of imperatives , to ' Remark ' , ' watch ' and ' say ...
... human desires and achieve- ments . Howard Weinbrot has drawn attention to Johnson's use of verbs in his poetry , 18 and in the opening lines of Vanity we are exhorted , in a series of imperatives , to ' Remark ' , ' watch ' and ' say ...
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... human actions . Shakespeare meant only to observe that a minute analysis of life at once destroys that splendour ... human selfishness cannot be true because this perspective is not morally accept- able . Johnson cannot believe that ...
... human actions . Shakespeare meant only to observe that a minute analysis of life at once destroys that splendour ... human selfishness cannot be true because this perspective is not morally accept- able . Johnson cannot believe that ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
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