Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings - A Tercentenary Celebration

Informationen zum Autor Peter Martin has taught English on both sides of the Atlantic and is the author of A Life of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson: A Biography . Klappentext In Johnson¿s own day he was best known as an essayist, critic, and lexicographer. At the center of this collection are the periodical essays from the Rambler , Adventurer , and Idler . Together, these works¿allied in their literary, social, and moral concerns¿are the ones that continue to speak urgently to readers today. Zusammenfassung In Johnson’s own day he was best known as an essayist, critic, and lexicographer. At the center of this collection are the periodical essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. Together, these works—allied in their literary, social, and moral concerns—are the ones that continue to speak urgently to readers today.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Johnson
• Assisted by: Peter Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9780674060340
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06034-0
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form