Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben. The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest to Johnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literary career, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenth century.
Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben. The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest to Johnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literary career, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenth century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
JACK LYNCH is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark and a Johnson scholar, having studied the great lexicographer for nearly a decade. He is the author of The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson and the editor of A Bibliography of Johnsonian Studies, 1986-1998. He has also written journal articles and scholarly reviews addressing Johnson and the eighteenth century. J.T. SCANLAN has written extensively on various aspects of the eighteenth century, including many essays on Samuel Johnson. Recent work on Johnson and law has appeared in Samuel Johnson after 300 Years, Samuel Johnson in Context, and Impassioned Jurisprudence. He's currently writing a book on legal issues, A Spirit of Contradiction: Law and Literature in Eighteenth-Century London. In a more popular vein, he's making final changes to a comic-grim memoir about grad school at the University of Michigan and Yale, Terminal Degree: My Quest for a Ph.D.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Essays Milton at Bolt Court Stephen Clarke Mimesis and Understanding in Samuel Johnson’s Notes to Shakespeare (1765) Marcus Walsh Samuel Johnson and the Allen Family Matthew M. Davis “Con Amore”: Hester Piozzi’s Annotations upon Johnson’s Early Poetry Anthony W. Lee Johnson (and Boswell) in the Lists: A View of Their Reputations, 1933–2018 Paul Tankard The Curious Case of Charlotte Lennox: Conducting a Professional Literary Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain outside the Bluestocking Circle Susan Kubica Howard Punitive Injustice in Caleb Williams: Godwin’s Vexed Call for Penal Reform Suzanna Geiser Sensibility Reclaimed: Thomas Blackwell, Robert Wood, and the “Conjectural History” of Homer Peter M. Briggs Review Essays Organizing a Life and the “Lives”: Samuel Johnson and the Yale Edition of Johnson’s Lives of the Poets David Venturo Is Historical Fiction Still Revolutionary? Eric Bennett Reviews Michael Schmidt, The Novel: A Biography John Richetti David Alff, The Wreckage of Intentions: Projects in British Culture, 1660–1730 Jacob Sider Jost Aileen Douglas, Work in Hand: Script, Print, and Writing, 1690–1840 Robert DeMaria Jr. Julie Flavell, When London Was Capital of America Joseph F. Bartolomeo John Phibbs, Place-Making: The Art of Capability Brown Heinz-Joachim Müllenbrock Notes on Contributors
Preface Essays Milton at Bolt Court Stephen Clarke Mimesis and Understanding in Samuel Johnson’s Notes to Shakespeare (1765) Marcus Walsh Samuel Johnson and the Allen Family Matthew M. Davis “Con Amore”: Hester Piozzi’s Annotations upon Johnson’s Early Poetry Anthony W. Lee Johnson (and Boswell) in the Lists: A View of Their Reputations, 1933–2018 Paul Tankard The Curious Case of Charlotte Lennox: Conducting a Professional Literary Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain outside the Bluestocking Circle Susan Kubica Howard Punitive Injustice in Caleb Williams: Godwin’s Vexed Call for Penal Reform Suzanna Geiser Sensibility Reclaimed: Thomas Blackwell, Robert Wood, and the “Conjectural History” of Homer Peter M. Briggs Review Essays Organizing a Life and the “Lives”: Samuel Johnson and the Yale Edition of Johnson’s Lives of the Poets David Venturo Is Historical Fiction Still Revolutionary? Eric Bennett Reviews Michael Schmidt, The Novel: A Biography John Richetti David Alff, The Wreckage of Intentions: Projects in British Culture, 1660–1730 Jacob Sider Jost Aileen Douglas, Work in Hand: Script, Print, and Writing, 1690–1840 Robert DeMaria Jr. Julie Flavell, When London Was Capital of America Joseph F. Bartolomeo John Phibbs, Place-Making: The Art of Capability Brown Heinz-Joachim Müllenbrock Notes on Contributors
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