TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ritchie,Stefka
TI  - The reformist ideas of Samuel Johnson
SN  - 9781443879125
AV  - PR3534 .R58 2017eb
U1  - 828/.609 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Johnson, Samuel,
KW  - English literature
KW  - 18th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Littérature anglaise
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - History
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Literature & literary studies
KW  - Cultural studies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This book explores what remains an under-studied aspect of Samuel Johnson's profile as a person and writer - namely, his attitude to social improvement. The interpretive framework provided here is cross-disciplinary, and applies perspectives from social and cultural history, legal history, architectural history and, of course, English literature. This allows Johnson's writings to be read against the peculiarities of their historical milieu, and reveals Johnson in a new light - as an advocate of social improvement for human betterment. Considering the multiplicity of narrative modes that have be
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