The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.
Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D. PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1811 |
Genre | |
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The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time
Title | The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time PDF eBook |
Author | Robert McCrum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781903385838 |
Beginning in 1611 with the King James Bible and ending in 2014 with Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction', this extraordinary voyage through the written treasures of our culture examines universally-acclaimed classics such as Pepys' 'Diaries', Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' and a whole host of additional works --
Samuel Johnson
Title | Samuel Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Martin |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2012-08-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0297856162 |
The first new biography for a generation of one of the great figures of English literature Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, conversationalist and wit, Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. Our view of Johnson has been overwhelmingly shaped by James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, the most famous biography in the English language. But invaluable as Boswell is as a source, he should not be the last word. This new biography illuminates the Johnson that Boswell never knew: the awkward youth, the unsuccessful schoolmaster, the eccentric marriage, his early years in London in the 1740s scratching a living, the epic struggle to produce the Dictionary. Very much the outsider, rather than the supremely confident dispenser of robust common sense. Using material unknown to previous biographers, Peter Martin describes the psychological knife-edge on which Johnson felt he lived, caused by his severe melancholia and his physical diseases. He explores Johnson's role in the publishing and printing world of the time and he reveals how important women were to Johnson throughout his life. The Samuel Johnson that emerges from this enthralling biography is still the foremost figure of his age but a more rebellious, unpredictable and sympathetic figure than the one that Boswell so memorably portrayed.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 1820 |
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Samuel Johnson
Title | Samuel Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | W. Jackson Bate |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-08-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1582435243 |
Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era — the second half of the 18th century — is known as the Age of Johnson. Starting out as a Grub Street journalist, he made his mark on history as a poet, author, moralist, literary critic, political commentator, and lexiconographer. We, as moderns, need to know this man, and W. Jackson Bate's formidable biography, with its uncanny depth and empathy, is the book that makes that happen. Professor W. Jackson Bate is a lyrical writer who deftly explains the effect Johnson has had on scholars, critics, and readers of all kinds through the past 200 years: "The reason Johnson has always fascinated so many people of different kinds," Bate writes, "is not simply that [he] is so vividly picturesque and quotable . . . The deeper secret of his hypnotic attraction, especially during our own generation, lies in the immense reassurance he gives to human nature." Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's intellect and fueled his prodigious contribution to literature, religion, politics, and our understanding of the nature of humankind, revealing the fascinating nature — both odd and adored — of this literary luminary.
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works
Title | The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1819 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN |
Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
Title | Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 1824 |
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