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 28
... story exposes the incivility and inhumanity of the elite towards their social inferiors and , since it is put into the mouth of a young , naive , and female character , it is told with relative clarity and simplicity . The epistolary ...
... story exposes the incivility and inhumanity of the elite towards their social inferiors and , since it is put into the mouth of a young , naive , and female character , it is told with relative clarity and simplicity . The epistolary ...
Page 29
... story of Misella , the prostitute , which extended over numbers 170 and 171. Misella's reflections on her condition manifest both the persistence of Johnson's characteristic diction , and his movement into new areas of experience . She ...
... story of Misella , the prostitute , which extended over numbers 170 and 171. Misella's reflections on her condition manifest both the persistence of Johnson's characteristic diction , and his movement into new areas of experience . She ...
Page 33
... story of a real ' mixed ' or faulty character as a source of moral enlightenment , while the story of a fictional one is presented in Rambler 4 as a potential threat to the ethical fabric of society . The distinction does not seem to ...
... story of a real ' mixed ' or faulty character as a source of moral enlightenment , while the story of a fictional one is presented in Rambler 4 as a potential threat to the ethical fabric of society . The distinction does not seem to ...
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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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