Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Select Essays of Dr. Johnson: The Rambler (Continued). The Adventurer. The Idler
Author: Samuel JohnsonSelect Essays of Dr. Johnson
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: London : J.M. Dent
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Select Essays of Dr. Johnson;
Author: George Birkbeck HillPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022025004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Experience the wit and wisdom of Samuel Johnson with this collection of his most essential essays. From politics to literature, from morality to philosophy, Johnson's writing is as relevant and thought-provoking now as it was in the 18th century. Scholars, students, and general readers alike will appreciate this treasure trove of a book. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
SELECT ESSAYS OF DR. JOHNSON,.
Author: SAMUEL. JOHNSONPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033936313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Select Essays of Dr. Johnson: The Rambler (Continued). The Adventurer. The Idler
Author: Samuel JohnsonSelect Essays of Dr. Johnson
Author: Samuel JohnsonSelect Essays of Dr. Johnson
Author: Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674035852
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
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.
Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674264800
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
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. He is more often quoted than read, his name invoked in party conversation on such diverse topics as marriage, sleep, deceit, mental concentration, and patriotism, to generally humorous effect. But in Johnson’s own day, he was best known as an essayist, critic, and lexicographer: a gifted writer possessed of great force of mind and wisdom. Writing a century after Johnson, Ruskin wrote of Johnson’s essays: He “taught me to measure life, and distrust fortune...he saved me forever from false thoughts and futile speculations.” Peter Martin here presents “the heart of Johnson,” a selection of some of Johnson’s best moral and critical essays. At the center of this collection are the periodical essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. Also included are Johnson’s great moral fable, Rasselas; the Prefaces to the Dictionary and his edition of Shakespeare; and selections from Lives of the Poets. Together, these works—allied in their literary, social, and moral concerns—are the ones that continue to speak urgently to readers today.
Author: Samuel Johnson