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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... narrative device . This suggests that , despite the willingness to accept new methods of literary production and distribution that has been emphasized by Alvin Kernan , and despite his willingness to experiment with different narrative ...
... narrative device . This suggests that , despite the willingness to accept new methods of literary production and distribution that has been emphasized by Alvin Kernan , and despite his willingness to experiment with different narrative ...
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... narrative style of the two forms . While the writer of biography can use the individual history to exemplify moral precepts and make explicit moral judgements , the narrator of fiction tended to have a much less overtly didactic role ...
... narrative style of the two forms . While the writer of biography can use the individual history to exemplify moral precepts and make explicit moral judgements , the narrator of fiction tended to have a much less overtly didactic role ...
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... narrative , following the geographical and chronological progress of the two friends . After their arrival in Ostig in Skye , however , the account loses this narrative focus and becomes increasingly preoccupied with more general ...
... narrative , following the geographical and chronological progress of the two friends . After their arrival in Ostig in Skye , however , the account loses this narrative focus and becomes increasingly preoccupied with more general ...
Contents
London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
Copyright | |
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