New Essays on Samuel Johnson

Revaluation
Herausgeber: Lee, Anthony W

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Produktbeschreibung

New Essays on Samuel Johnson is a collection of the best thinking and writing currently available on the great English writer Samuel Johnson. It presents a primer of criticism that revaluates him within our current cultural moment while also serving as a parliament of explorations that offers a point of departure for future critical inquiry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Delaware Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781611496789
• ISBN-10: 1611496780
• Artikelnr.: 53022899

Autorenporträt

Edited by Anthony W. Lee - Contributions by Greg Clingham; Thomas M. Curley; Emily C. Friedman; Katherine Kickel; Anthony W. Lee; Lynda Mugglestone; John Richetti; Adam Rounce; Steven Scherwatzky; John Sitter and Paul Tankard

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Short Titles Preface I. Re-Reading
Specific Texts 1. The Values of Annotation: Reading Johnson Reading
Shakespeare Lynda Mugglestone 2. No Poem an Island: Utopian Intertextuality
in London, A Poem Anthony W. Lee 3. "Pleasure or Weariness": Additions to
and Exclusions from the Lives of the Poets Adam Rounce 4. Dr. Johnson at
Prayer: Consolation Philosophy in The Prayers and Meditations Katherine
Kickel 5. Samuel Johnson and Taxation No Tyranny: "I am willing to love all
mankind, except an American." Thomas Curley II. Re-Mapping Larger Themes
and Issues 6. Sustainability Johnson John Sitter 7. Samuel Johnson as
Heterodox Critic and Poet John Richetti 8. Playing Rough: Johnson and
Children Greg Clingham 9. Samuel Johnson and Autobiography: Reflection,
Ambivalence, and "Split Intentionality" Steven Scherwatzky 10. Considering
Johnson's "Nose of the Mind" and Mind's Nose: Olfaction Deployed and
Suppressed in the "Age of Johnson" Emily C. Friedman 11. "Try to Resolve
Again": Johnson and the Written Art of Everyday Life Paul Tankard
Bibliography Biographical List of Contributors Index