Reading Samuel Johnson
Reading Samuel Johnson

Author: Phil Jones

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2023-11-15

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1835536565

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This book examines how Samuel Johnson was assimilated by later writers, ranging from James Boswell to Samuel Beckett. It is as much about these writers as Johnson himself, showing how they found their own space, in part, through their response to Johnson, which helped shape their writing and view of contemporary literature.

Samuel Johnson After 300 Years
Samuel Johnson After 300 Years

Author: Greg Clingham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-05-28

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0521888212

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To mark the tercentenary of Samuel Johnson's birth in 2009, the specially-commissioned essays contained here review his scholarly reputation. An international team of experts reflects authoritatively on the various dimensions of literary, historical, critical and ethical life touched by Johnson's extraordinary achievement. The volume distinctively casts its net widely and combines consistently innovative thinking on Johnson's historical role with a fresh sense of present criticism. Chapters cover subjects as diverse as Johnson's moral philosophy, his legal thought, his influence on Jane Austen, and the question of the Johnson canon. The contributors examine the larger theoretical and scholarly contexts in which it is now possible to situate his work, and from which it may often be necessary to differentiate it. All the contributors have a distinguished record of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies, Johnson scholarship, and cultural history and theory.

Johnson, Writing, and Memory
Johnson, Writing, and Memory

Author: Greg Clingham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-09-05

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0521816114

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Examines Johnson's writing in relation to eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law.