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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... virtue . Fortune has no divinity , could we but see it : it's we , We ourselves , who make her a goddess , and set her in the heavens.19 For Johnson , this view that we make our own luck , and that our only true course in life is the ...
... virtue . Fortune has no divinity , could we but see it : it's we , We ourselves , who make her a goddess , and set her in the heavens.19 For Johnson , this view that we make our own luck , and that our only true course in life is the ...
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... virtue ' . This virtue should be ' not angelical , nor above probability ... but the highest and purest that humanity can reach ' . Likewise , ' vice ... should always disgust ; nor should the graces of gaiety , or the dignity of ...
... virtue ' . This virtue should be ' not angelical , nor above probability ... but the highest and purest that humanity can reach ' . Likewise , ' vice ... should always disgust ; nor should the graces of gaiety , or the dignity of ...
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... virtue from the start of the book , and her ghastly experiences serve only to expose and prove her virtue . " Richardson's Clarissa was to be immensely influential in the development of the novel , popularizing the epistolary form and ...
... virtue from the start of the book , and her ghastly experiences serve only to expose and prove her virtue . " Richardson's Clarissa was to be immensely influential in the development of the novel , popularizing the epistolary form and ...
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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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