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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... published . Arrested for debt . Released after intervention from Samuel Richardson . Edits Literary Magazine . Second edition of Dictionary published . 1758-60 Weekly Idler essays . 1759 1762 1763 1765 1767 1770-1 Mother , Sarah Johnson ...
... published . Arrested for debt . Released after intervention from Samuel Richardson . Edits Literary Magazine . Second edition of Dictionary published . 1758-60 Weekly Idler essays . 1759 1762 1763 1765 1767 1770-1 Mother , Sarah Johnson ...
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... published . Life of Samuel Johnson LLD by Sir John Hawkins published . Hester Piozzi's Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson published . James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. pub- lished James Boswell dies . References ...
... published . Life of Samuel Johnson LLD by Sir John Hawkins published . Hester Piozzi's Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson published . James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. pub- lished James Boswell dies . References ...
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... published , and the public appetite for anecdotes of his life was stimulated rather than satiated by William Shaw's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Samuel Johnson , published in 1785 , the Anecdotes of the Late Samuel ...
... published , and the public appetite for anecdotes of his life was stimulated rather than satiated by William Shaw's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Samuel Johnson , published in 1785 , the Anecdotes of the Late Samuel ...
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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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