Clubbable Man Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham.

Samuel Johnson famously referred to his future biographer, the unsociable magistrate Sir John Hawkins, as "a most unclubbable man." Conversely, this celebratory volume gathers distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholars to honor the achievements, professional generosity, and sociabil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lee, Anthony W., Smallwood, Philip, Hopkins, David, 1948-, Rounce, Adam, Hanlon, Aaron R. (Aaron Raymond), 1982-, Walker, Robert G. (Robert Gary), 1947-, Turnbull, Gordon, 1952-, Brownley, Martine Watson, Reverand, Cedric D., Richetti, John J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Bucknell University Press, 2022.
Temas:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
English literature.
Greg Clingham, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, festschrift, 18th Century Studies, 18th-century literature, 18th-century culture.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on the Cover Image
  • Introduction
  • PART I Essays on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
  • Mirrored Minds: Johnson and Shakespeare
  • The General and the Particular: Paradox and the Play of Contraries in the Criticism of Pope, Johnson, and Reynolds
  • "The Caliban of Literature": Spenser, Shakespeare, and Johnson's Intertextual Scholarship
  • In Silence and Darkness: Johnson's Verdicts on Artistic Failure
  • Smollett's Ramblers and the Law of the Land
  • The Social Life of Thomas Cumming, or "Clubbing" with Johnson's Friend, the Fighting Quaker
  • Not "Just a Macheath": Young Boswell and Old Cibber in Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
  • PART II Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
  • English Historiography, the Development of Secular Autobiography, and the Memoir
  • What Else Did Pope Borrow from Dryden?
  • Poetic Performances: Pope's An Essay on Man and Swift's "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift"
  • Swift Shrinks the Duke of Marlborough: Public Delegitimation through Scale
  • Western Gardens, Eastern Views: Asian Travelers on Greenscapes of the British Isles
  • Publishers Can Cause Earthquakes: Explanations and Enigmas of the Seismic Enlightenment
  • PART III Personal Reminiscences
  • Greg Clingham as Teacher and Mentor
  • Greg Clingham and Bucknell University Press
  • Commemoratory Poems
  • Coda
  • Greg Clingham's Publications
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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