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266 p., illustrated. paperback:

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Binding and book edges minimally rubbed, otherwise very good and clean copy without markings./Einband und Buchschnitt minimal berieben, sonst sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. - Contents - introduction - greg Clingham - Extraordinarily ordinary: the life of Samuel Johnson - Philip Davis - Johnson and the arts of conversation - Catherine N.Parke - Johnson's poetry - Howard D. Weinbrot - Johnson, the essay, and The Rambler - Paul J.Korshin - Johnson and the condition of women - eithne Henson - Johnson's Dictionary - Robert Demaria Jr. - Johnson's politics - Robert Folkenflik - Johnsons and imperialism - Clemnet Hawes - The skepticism of Johnson's Rasselas - Fred Parker - Shakespeare: Johnson's poet of nature - Philip Smallwood - Life and Literature in Johnspns's Lives of the Poets - Greg Clingham - Johnson's Chritian thought - Micheal Suarez. SJ - "FRom China to Peru" : Johnson in the traveled world - John Wiltshire - "Letters about nothing" : Johnson and epistolary writing - Tom Keymer - Johnson's critical reception - Steven Lynn ISBN 9780521556255