TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeMaria,Robert
TI  - Samuel Johnson and the life of reading
SN  - 9780801896521
AV  - PR3537.B6 D45 2009eb
U1  - 828.609 22
PY  - 2009///, ©1997
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Johnson, Samuel,
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - Biography
KW  - Livres et lecture
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Écrivains anglais
KW  - Biographies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Lezen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Boeken
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - ram
KW  - Vie intellectuelle
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index; Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Life of Reading -- 2. Notes and Marginalia -- 3. Study -- 4. Perusal -- 5. Mere Reading -- 6. Curious Reading -- 7. Samuel Johnson and the Future of Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
N2  - In Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading, Robert DeMaria considers the surprising influence of one of the greatest readers in English literature. Johnson's relationship to books not only reveals much about his life and times, DeMaria contends, but also provides a dramatic counterpoint to modern reading habits. As a superior practitioner of the craft, Johnson provides a compelling model for how to read - indeed, he provides different models for different kinds of reading. DeMaria shows how Johnson recognized early that not all reading was alike - some requiring intense concentration, some suited for cursory glances, some requiring silence, some best appreciated amid the chatter of a coffeehouse. Considering the remarkable range of Johnson's reading, DeMaria discovers in one extraordinary career a synoptic view of the subject of reading
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