Reading Samuel Johnson : reception and representation, 1750-1970 /

"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 v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Phil (Chairman of the Johnson Society) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Clemson, South Carolina] : Clemson University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:18-century moments
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Table of Contents:
  • Johnson : accounting for the self
  • Boswell's "Life of Johnson" : theatre, conversation, voice
  • Johnson and women writers : Thrale, Burney, and Austen
  • The Romantic response : Hazlitt and Byron
  • Johnson and the Victorians
  • Johnson and the Moderns
  • Epilogue: Johnson's afterlives.