Samuel Johnson: New Contexts for a New Century

by Howard D. Weinbrot

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This wide-ranging volume examines the theoretical and scholarly contexts of Johnson's work as a lexicographer, moralist, poet, political commentator, sermon writer, periodical essayist, biographer, literary critic, and theorist. In addition to Johnson's more familiar works, the contributors address his poetry, political writings, sermons, and personal correspondence.
  • ISBN10 0873282590
  • ISBN13 9780873282598
  • Publish Date 1 September 2014
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Huntington Library Press,US
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 386
  • Language English