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Domestick privacies : Samuel Johnson and the art of biography / / edited by David Wheeler ; contributors, James L. Battersby [and seven others]



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Titolo: Domestick privacies : Samuel Johnson and the art of biography / / edited by David Wheeler ; contributors, James L. Battersby [and seven others] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1987
©1987
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
Disciplina: 828/.609
Soggetto topico: Biography as a literary form
Poets, English - History and criticism
Persona (resp. second.): WheelerDavid <1950->
BattersbyJames L.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [167]-184.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 -
Titolo autorizzato: Domestick privacies  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-5916-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813504003321
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