LEADER 02942nam 2200601 450 001 9910787385903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-5916-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334017 035 $a(EBL)1915161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001401823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12607360 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11358079 035 $a(PQKB)11702812 035 $a(OCoLC)568759765 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44040 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915161 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007531 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690991 035 $a(OCoLC)900344527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915161 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334017 100 $a20150128h19871987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDomestick privacies $eSamuel Johnson and the art of biography /$fedited by David Wheeler ; contributors, James L. Battersby [and seven others] 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1987. 210 4$dİ1987 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59709-X 311 $a0-8131-1612-0 320 $aBibliography: p. [167]-184. 327 $aIntroduction, 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. 330 $aBiography 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 approach, the essays range from a philosophical overview of Johnson's notion of the relation between life and art, to a detailed reading of the Life of Milton, to a speculation on the value of the Lives in the classroom.Emerging clearly in the essays are the dual concerns -- artistic and intellectual - 606 $aBiography as a literary form 606 $aPoets, English$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aBiography as a literary form. 615 0$aPoets, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a828/.609 702 $aWheeler$b David$f1950- 702 $aBattersby$b James L. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787385903321 996 $aDomestick privacies$93704678 997 $aUNINA