Samuel Johnson

Selected Essays

Herausgeber: Womersley, David

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Produktbeschreibung

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'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780140436273
• ISBN-10: 0140436278
• Artikelnr.: 21584450

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected EssaysChronology Introduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts The Rambler (1750-52) 1
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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