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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... periodical entitled the Rambler . This was not like a modern magazine , which contains a range of articles by different people . Each Rambler addressed a particular topic , such as ' A Londoner's visit to the Country ' ( Rambler 61 ) or ...
... periodical entitled the Rambler . This was not like a modern magazine , which contains a range of articles by different people . Each Rambler addressed a particular topic , such as ' A Londoner's visit to the Country ' ( Rambler 61 ) or ...
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... periodicals in the construction of an ' English bourgeois public sphere ' . They argue that this era saw the ... periodical writings at least cannot be comfortably accom- modated within this concept of an inclusive , bourgeois ...
... periodicals in the construction of an ' English bourgeois public sphere ' . They argue that this era saw the ... periodical writings at least cannot be comfortably accom- modated within this concept of an inclusive , bourgeois ...
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... periodical writing . It also suggests a more rigid adherence to neoclassical tenets than was later to be found in the preface to Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's plays . Between the Rambler essay of 26 October 1751 and the publication ...
... periodical writing . It also suggests a more rigid adherence to neoclassical tenets than was later to be found in the preface to Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's plays . Between the Rambler essay of 26 October 1751 and the publication ...
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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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