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Samuel Johnson

new contexts for a new century

Howard D. Weinbrot

September 9, 2014 · Hardcover · Huntington Library Press · 386 pp

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First edition · ISBN 9780873282598 · Dewey 828/.609 · LC PR3534 .S29 2013

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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.