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Author : James Boswell
Release : 1826
Genre : Authors, English
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Book Synopsis The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by : James Boswell
Download or read book The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. written by James Boswell. This book was released on 1826. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Nokes
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Samuel Johnson by : David Nokes
Download or read book Samuel Johnson written by David Nokes. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work.
Author : John A. Vance
Release : 2009-01-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Boswell's Life of Johnson by : John A. Vance
Download or read book Boswell's Life of Johnson written by John A. Vance. This book was released on 2009-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it first appeared in 1985, Boswell's Life of Johnson brought together the most recent and most lively assessments of the literary merit and historical accuracy of Boswell's biography. In an invigorating exchange placed at the center of the collection, Donald Greene's description of the Life as a fictionalized biography that screens the real, complex Johnson from view is challenged by Frederick Pottle's defense of Boswell's biographical method, of his sturdy compilation of detail that presents the factual rather than the fictional Johnson. Other essays explore the effect of Johnson's humor on the shaping of his image in the Life, the recent developments in literary criticism and the effect they have had on eighteenth-century studies, and the continuing interest of Boswell's Life as a showcase for members of Johnson's famous circle. The volume concludes with an assessment of the Boswellian problem--of the difficulties the Life presents to readers, scholars, and teachers.
Author : Robert DeMaria Jr.
Release : 1997-04-21
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 792/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading by : Robert DeMaria Jr.
Download or read book Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading written by Robert DeMaria Jr.. This book was released on 1997-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading, Robert DeMaria considers the surprising influence of one of the greatest readers in English literature. Johnson's relationship to books not only reveals much about his life and times, DeMaria contends, but also provides a dramatic counterpoint to modern reading habits. As a superior practitioner of the craft, Johnson provides a compelling model for how to read—indeed, he provides different models for different kinds of reading. DeMaria shows how Johnson recognized early that not all reading was alike—some requiring intense concentration, some suited for cursory glances, some requiring silence, some best appreciated amid the chatter of a coffeehouse. Considering the remarkable range of Johnson's reading, DeMaria discovers in one extraordinary career a synoptic view of the subject. "Enacts Johnson's celebrated variation on a theme from Horace—it does not merely delight and instruct, but rather instructs by delighting us . . . DeMaria proves himself a reader altogether worthy of his subject."—Times Literary Supplement "Fascinatingly perceptive both of Johnson's own reading habits and of their significance in the cultural history of reading."—Modern Language Review "Both a scholarly and an imaginative achievement, combining detailed detective work, abstract categorization, and sympathetic understanding. The finished product re-creates the detailed fabric of Johnson's reading career while locating it in a cultural landscape of rapid publication and growing literacy . . . Eminently readable, learned, and thoughtful."—Modern Philology "An intellectual history of the writer and his age."—Magill's Literary Annual "DeMaria presents an imaginative re-creation of Johnson's library and suggests how his reading habits offered a model for preventing the disappearance of the reader."—Biblio
Author : John Hawkins
Release : 1787
Genre : Authors, English
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Book Synopsis The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by : John Hawkins
Download or read book The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. written by John Hawkins. This book was released on 1787. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
