Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Johnson

"This book gives a full but concise introduction to Samuel Johnson's life and works. For literature students, it will be a useful survey of Johnson's work; for the general reader, a readable overview of this legendary figure of English literature and history"--

List of contents

1. Life and Times; 2. Journalist; 3. Poet and Storyteller; 4. Scholar; 5. Critic; 6. Social and Political Thinker; 7. Biographer; 8. Legend.

About the author

Robert DeMaria, Jr. is the Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College, and has devoted most of his professional life to the study of Samuel Johnson. He is the author of three monographs on Johnson and the co-editor of three volumes, as well as the general editor of the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, 23 vols. (1958–2018).Dan Hitchens is a journalist and a senior editor at the First Things journal. He has written for publications including the Times, the Spectator and the Wall Street Journal.

Summary

A full but concise introduction to Samuel Johnson's life and works, providing an invaluable survey of his writings and detailed analyses of his major texts to students and, to the general reader, a readable overview of a legendary figure of English literature and history.

Foreword

A comprehensive and accessible introduction, for students and general readers, to perhaps the most celebrated writer in British history.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Demaria, Robert (Vassar College DeMaria, DeMaria Robert, Daniel Hitchens
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009534536
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953453-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Biography: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights