In Mind of Johnson - A Study of Johnson the Rambler

This original and imaginative portrait of Dr. Johnson - the man and the writer - gets behind his public face and uncovers the human struggle out of which Johnson's moral view of life emerged. The author presents a challenging reading of the Rambler essays and Rasselas, unveiling the presence in these works of Johnson's inner life. Convincing and persuasive, it is an approach which flies in the face of established critical fashions and preconceptions and which reveals Johnson in a completely new light.

About the author

Philip Davis is Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Philip R. Davies, Philip Davis, Davis Philip
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2000
• EAN: 9780485113655
• ISBN: 978-0-485-11365-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 418 g
• Illustrations: black & white illustrations
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800