Biography was Samuel Johnson\u27s favorite among literary genres, and his Lives of the Poets is often regarded as the capstone of his career. The central place of biography in his oeuvre is explored in this collection of nine original essays by leading Johnson scholars. Varied in their focus and approach, the essays range from a philosophical overview of Johnson\u27s notion of the relation between life and art, to a detailed reading of the Life of Milton, to a speculation on the value of the Lives in the classroom. Emerging clearly in the essays are the dual concerns—artistic and intellectual—that can be pursued in Johnson\u27s biographical writings. On the one hand, they are complex creative works that reward literary analysis, traditional...
The move to a new publisher has given The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual the opportunity to reco...
Edited by Alexander Chalmers.v. 1. An essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by A. Murphy] Poe...
One of the most prolific authors of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson, strives toward intention...
The impact of Johnson's beliefs and his statements of them have frequently been interpreted as exces...
The Philosophical Biographer shows how a shift in philosophical outlook in the seventeenth and eight...
Each volume has added t.-p. with vignette (portrait)Preface dated: 1851.Mode of access: Internet.gra...
Three further volumes were later published in London: v. 12-13, containing Debates in Parliament (Pr...
Professors Denis Bonnecase and Pierre Morère have made a major contribution. Samuel Johnson’s Lives ...
Added title-pages, engr., with vignettes (v. 1, portrait of author)v.1 An essay on the life and geni...
Samuel Johnson’s life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships—an...
Vols. 13-14 have special t.-p.: Debates in parliament.Vols. 9-12 have imprint: Printed by J. Nichols...
Printed in double columns.Includes bibliographical references index.Appendix. no. 1. Note on Cibber'...
Vols. 13-14 have special binder's title: Parliamentary debates by Johnson, and are dated 1811.Includ...
An examination of Samuel Johnson’s essays and his tragedy, Irene, and his Oriental tale, Rasselas, r...
Ph.D.LiteratureUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.l...
The move to a new publisher has given The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual the opportunity to reco...
Edited by Alexander Chalmers.v. 1. An essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by A. Murphy] Poe...
One of the most prolific authors of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson, strives toward intention...
The impact of Johnson's beliefs and his statements of them have frequently been interpreted as exces...
The Philosophical Biographer shows how a shift in philosophical outlook in the seventeenth and eight...
Each volume has added t.-p. with vignette (portrait)Preface dated: 1851.Mode of access: Internet.gra...
Three further volumes were later published in London: v. 12-13, containing Debates in Parliament (Pr...
Professors Denis Bonnecase and Pierre Morère have made a major contribution. Samuel Johnson’s Lives ...
Added title-pages, engr., with vignettes (v. 1, portrait of author)v.1 An essay on the life and geni...
Samuel Johnson’s life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships—an...
Vols. 13-14 have special t.-p.: Debates in parliament.Vols. 9-12 have imprint: Printed by J. Nichols...
Printed in double columns.Includes bibliographical references index.Appendix. no. 1. Note on Cibber'...
Vols. 13-14 have special binder's title: Parliamentary debates by Johnson, and are dated 1811.Includ...
An examination of Samuel Johnson’s essays and his tragedy, Irene, and his Oriental tale, Rasselas, r...
Ph.D.LiteratureUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.l...
The move to a new publisher has given The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual the opportunity to reco...
Edited by Alexander Chalmers.v. 1. An essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by A. Murphy] Poe...
One of the most prolific authors of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson, strives toward intention...