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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... minds of some students of Johnson , there is a feeling of embarrassment that one of the greatest writers in English literature had to write to eat and thereby became tainted by the world of trade . That a writer was degraded by writing ...
... minds of some students of Johnson , there is a feeling of embarrassment that one of the greatest writers in English literature had to write to eat and thereby became tainted by the world of trade . That a writer was degraded by writing ...
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... mind that Johnson celebrates in the Rambler papers on authorship and elsewhere . Johnson's declaration in Rambler 3 ... minds as to whether a given title is worth buying . There are a handful of exceptions to Johnson's refusal to make ...
... mind that Johnson celebrates in the Rambler papers on authorship and elsewhere . Johnson's declaration in Rambler 3 ... minds as to whether a given title is worth buying . There are a handful of exceptions to Johnson's refusal to make ...
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... mind over the next decade , calling forth the immedi- ately popular Monthly Review in 1749. We should not overlook the fact that the Monthly Review was at the core a commercial rather than a schol- arly venture . A bookseller and former ...
... mind over the next decade , calling forth the immedi- ately popular Monthly Review in 1749. We should not overlook the fact that the Monthly Review was at the core a commercial rather than a schol- arly venture . A bookseller and former ...
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... mind when we consider his refusal to review novels in the Literary Magazine . Johnson's decision to refrain from reviewing novels clearly reflects his belief that contemporary novelists have failed to measure up to the great ...
... mind when we consider his refusal to review novels in the Literary Magazine . Johnson's decision to refrain from reviewing novels clearly reflects his belief that contemporary novelists have failed to measure up to the great ...
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... mind regarding the proper ends of literary activity . " One of the peculiarities which distinguish the present age is the multiplication of books , " Johnson declares . " Every day brings new advertisements of lit- erary undertakings ...
... mind regarding the proper ends of literary activity . " One of the peculiarities which distinguish the present age is the multiplication of books , " Johnson declares . " Every day brings new advertisements of lit- erary undertakings ...
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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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Adventurer Alexander Pope appeared argues authorship balneology Basker Berkenhout Blackwell Blackwell's Book Reviewer book trade Borlase Boswell Boswell's Bower's Brack Browne's Byng chapter Charlotte Lennox Cleeve's contemporary Critical Review Dictionary Johnson Dictionary of National earlier Eddy edition English extract Female Quixote genius Gentleman's Magazine given Grainger Hampton's Hanway Hanway's Hawkesworth Idler James Grainger Jenyns John John Hawkesworth Johnson declares Johnson observes Johnson's commentary Johnson's review Joseph Warton Keyssler's leading review journals Lennox's Literary Magazine Literary Magazine review literary marketplace Literature London Lovett's Lucas Lucas's material Memoirs Monthly Review Monthly's moral National Biography Natural History Newton's Oliver Goldsmith Oroonoko outlook Oxford pamphlet patronage perhaps Philosophical piece Poets political Polybius Pope Pope's praise prefatory professional letters published Rambler reflect remarks Reviewed by Johnson Robert Dodsley Rousseau Samuel Johnson scholarly Thomas tion titles Tobias Smollett translation Tytler's University Press volume Warton's William worthy write Yale