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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Page 46
... Preface ' that Johnson discovered some things about ' a living speech ' that he did not know when he wrote the 1747 Plan , and these discoveries inevitably changed his sense of the relationship of the language to the highest social ...
... Preface ' that Johnson discovered some things about ' a living speech ' that he did not know when he wrote the 1747 Plan , and these discoveries inevitably changed his sense of the relationship of the language to the highest social ...
Page 69
... preface , justifying the work by an analysis of the source of Shake- speare's poetic power , and a defence of his plays against the criticisms most commonly levelled . The preface has been seen as an important statement of Johnson's ...
... preface , justifying the work by an analysis of the source of Shake- speare's poetic power , and a defence of his plays against the criticisms most commonly levelled . The preface has been seen as an important statement of Johnson's ...
Page 75
... preface to each one , giving a biographical sketch and an introduction to the works con- tained in the volume . Thus the Lives were originally entitled Prefaces to the Works of the English Poets . The choice of which poets were to be ...
... preface to each one , giving a biographical sketch and an introduction to the works con- tained in the volume . Thus the Lives were originally entitled Prefaces to the Works of the English Poets . The choice of which poets were to be ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
Copyright | |
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