Samuel Johnson in context / Jack Lynch.

Contributor(s):

Lynch, Jack (John T.)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Literature in ContextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781139223393
1139223399
9781139219969
1139219960
1280484705
9781280484704
9781139047852
113904785X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Samuel Johnson in context.DDC classification:

828/.609 23

LOC classification:

PR3534 .S26 2011eb

Other classification:

LIT004120
HK 2415

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Contents:

Cover; SAMUEL JOHNSON IN CONTEXT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Chronology; Abbreviations; PART I: Life and works; CHAPTER 1 Life; EARLY LIFE; ARRIVAL IN LONDON; DICTIONARY JOHNSON AND BEREAVEMENT; THE 1760S AND 1770S; HEALTH; FINAL DAYS; BIOGRAPHIES; NOTE; CHAPTER 2 Publication history; EARLY YEARS; BY NECESSITY AN AUTHOR; STARVED TO DEATH IN TRANSLATING FOR BOOKSELLERS; THE DICTIONARY, VANITY, AND THE PERIODICAL ESSAYS; THE LITERARY MAGAZINE, SHAKESPEARE, AND RASSELAS; LATE WORKS; NOTES; CHAPTER 3 Correspondence; NO INTELLIGENCE IS COMMUNICATED.

In: EBLSummary: "Few authors benefit from being set in their contemporary context more than Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson in Context is a guide to his world, offering readers a comprehensive account of eighteenth-century life and culture as it relates to his work. Short, lively and eminently readable chapters illuminate not only Johnson's own life, writings and career, but the literary, critical, journalistic, social, political, scientific, artistic, medical and financial contexts in which his works came into being. Written by leading experts in Johnson and in eighteenth-century studies, these chapters offer both depth and range of information and suggestions for further study and research. Richly illustrated, with a chronology of Johnson's life and works and an extensive bibliography, this book is a major new work of reference on eighteenth-century culture and the age of Johnson"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Few authors benefit from being set in their contemporary context more than Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson in Context is a guide to his world, offering readers a comprehensive account of eighteenth-century life and culture as it relates to his work. Short, lively and eminently readable chapters illuminate not only Johnson's own life, writings and career, but the literary, critical, journalistic, social, political, scientific, artistic, medical and financial contexts in which his works came into being. Written by leading experts in Johnson and in eighteenth-century studies, these chapters offer both depth and range of information and suggestions for further study and research. Richly illustrated, with a chronology of Johnson's life and works and an extensive bibliography, this book is a major new work of reference on eighteenth-century culture and the age of Johnson"-- Provided by publisher.