TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Samuel
AU  - Martin,Peter
TI  - Selected writings
SN  - 9780674054073
AV  - PR3522 .M25 2009eb
U1  - 828/.609 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Johnson, Samuel,
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - bisac
KW  - European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - English
KW  - hilcc
KW  - English Literature
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Literary collections
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; pt. 1. Periodical essays (1750-1760). Morality, behavior and psychology -- Society and manners -- Biography and autobiography -- Literature and authorship -- Death -- Politics -- pt. 2. Excerpts from the preface to A dictionary of the English language (1755) -- pt. 3. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759) -- pt. 4. Preface to The plays of William Shakespeare (1765) -- Excerpts from Lives of the poets
N2  - Thanks to Boswell's monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, we remember Dr. Johnson today as a great wit and conversationalist, the rationalist epitome and the sage of the Enlightenment. But in Johnson's own day, he was best known as an essayist, critic, and lexicographer. At the center of this collection are the periodical essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. Together, these works - allied in their literary, social, and moral concerns - are the ones that continue to speak urgently to readers today
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