Domestick privacies : Samuel Johnson and the art of biography /

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Biography was Samuel Johnson's favorite among literary genres, and his Lives of the Poets is often regarded as the capstone of his career. The central place of biography in his oeuvre is explored in this collection of nine original essays by leading Johnson scholars. Varied in their focus and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wheeler, David, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1987]
Subjects:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784. > Lives of the English poets.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784.
Lives of the English poets (Johnson, Samuel)
Biography as a literary form.
Poets, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Poètes anglais > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
biographies (literary works)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Poets, English > Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, the uses of Johnson's biographies / David Wheeler
  • Johnson's beginnings / Lawrence Lipking
  • Life, art, and the Lives of the poets / James L. Battersby
  • Dr. Johnson's solemn response to beneficence / John A. Dussinger
  • Johnson's portraits of Charles XII of Sweden / James Gray
  • Johnson, Imlac, and biographical thinking / Catherine N. Parke
  • The contexts and motives of Johnson's Life of Milton / Stephen Fix
  • Johnson's Lives and modern students / William R. Siebenschuh
  • Johnson and biography / Michael Stuprich.

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