Contains a selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. This volume includes the best of Johnson's journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'.
Contains a selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. This volume includes the best of Johnson's journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'.
Samuel Johnson (1709-84) was an English poet, novelist, critic, lexicographer, biographer, and editor. But it was his essays that made him a dominant figure in 18th century English literary life. David Womersley is a lecturer in English at Jesus College, Oxford. He edited the authoritative three-volume edition of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', as well as the one-volume abridged edition, for Penguin Classics.
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Selected EssaysChronology Introduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts The Rambler (1750-52) 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 13 14 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 32 33 36 37 39 41 45 47 49 60 63 64 70 71 72 73 76 77 79 85 87 90 93 101 106 108 113 114 115 121 129 134 135 137 142 145 146 148 151 156 158 159 161 165 167 168 170 171 176 181 183 184 188 191 196 207 208. The Adventurer (1753-54) 39 45 50 67 69 84 85 95 99 102 107 111 119 126 137 138. The Idler (1758-60) 1 5 10 17 [22] 22 23 27 30 31 32 36 38 40 41 44 48 49 50 51 57 58 59 60 61 65 66 72 81 84 88 94 100 103. Miscellaneous Essays "A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage" (1739) "An Essay on Epitaphs" (1740) "Introduction" to the Harleian Miscellany (1744) "Observations on the present State of Affairs" (1756) "Of the Duty of a Journalist" (1758) "The Bravery of the English Common Soldiers" (1760) Appendix I: Johnson's prayer on beginning The Rambler Appendix II: Parallel texts of the original and revised states of The Rambler No. 1 Appendix III: Bonnell Thornton's parody of The Rambler Notes
