A helpful reference guide to the mottoes of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer periodical essays. The author provides the context for each motto Johnson selected and relates the context to the content of the essay to which the motto is affixed. Provides a unique insight into Johnson's way of thinking as as essayist in a specific and detailed fashion. An invaluable aid to students and scholars of Johnson and 18th-century studies in general.
- ISBN10 0819142352
- ISBN13 9780819142351
- Publish Date 6 September 1984 (first published 20 August 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English