Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer: A Duty to Examine the Labors of the LearnedUniversity of Delaware Press, 2001 - 293 Seiten Critical analysis of Johnson's book reviews |
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... ( four reviews ) all the more diffi- cult to understand . 1 The present volume addresses what is in fact a signifi- cant gap in Johnsonian studies by providing a comprehensive critical analy- sis of Johnson's sporadic but prolific career ...
... ( four reviews ) all the more diffi- cult to understand . 1 The present volume addresses what is in fact a signifi- cant gap in Johnsonian studies by providing a comprehensive critical analy- sis of Johnson's sporadic but prolific career ...
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... four - year - old Johnson earned his first paycheck as a writer , 1 and had engulfed professional letters by 1756 , when Johnson took over the editorship of the Literary Magazine , the journal that published all but seven of his four ...
... four - year - old Johnson earned his first paycheck as a writer , 1 and had engulfed professional letters by 1756 , when Johnson took over the editorship of the Literary Magazine , the journal that published all but seven of his four ...
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... four broad categories : the beneficent aims of authorship ; the internal hazard of authorial self- delusion ; the external hazards of the traditional patronage culture and the emergence of regular book reviewing . These categories are ...
... four broad categories : the beneficent aims of authorship ; the internal hazard of authorial self- delusion ; the external hazards of the traditional patronage culture and the emergence of regular book reviewing . These categories are ...
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... ent to literary merit in some measure led to the creation and subsequent popularity of regular reviewing . It scarcely needs mentioning that Johnson's four essays on the subject — Adventurer 115 , " 24 SAMUEL JOHNSON AS BOOK REVIEWER.
... ent to literary merit in some measure led to the creation and subsequent popularity of regular reviewing . It scarcely needs mentioning that Johnson's four essays on the subject — Adventurer 115 , " 24 SAMUEL JOHNSON AS BOOK REVIEWER.
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... four essays are important to our understanding of how Johnson viewed his own duties as a cultural critic — not only as a writer of essays but also as a reviewer . Johnson in these essays is an accurate and at times savagely witty ...
... four essays are important to our understanding of how Johnson viewed his own duties as a cultural critic — not only as a writer of essays but also as a reviewer . Johnson in these essays is an accurate and at times savagely witty ...
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Johnson as a Reviewer of Historical Literary and Philosophical Titles in the Literary Magazine | 58 |
Johnson as a Reviewer of Journalistic Publications Fugitive Pieces and Books on Public Affairs in the Literary Magazine | 125 |
Johnson as Reviewer of Works in the Physical Practical and Natural Sciences in the Literary Magazine | 151 |
Johnson as an Occasional Reviewer in the Gentlemans Magazine and the Critical Review | 199 |
Book Reviewing in the Moral Essays Johnsons Commentary on Recently Published Books in the Rambler Adventurer and Idler | 225 |
The Canon of Johnsons Literary Magazine Reviews | 238 |
Notes | 241 |
Bibliography | 273 |
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