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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... observations on the exalted purposes of authorship and the hazards of writing for the literary marketplace during a particularly turbulent moment in the history of English letters . It is in this context that Johnson's reviews should be ...
... observations on the exalted purposes of authorship and the hazards of writing for the literary marketplace during a particularly turbulent moment in the history of English letters . It is in this context that Johnson's reviews should be ...
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... observations here is obvious enough— readers are loath to confront their own ignorance ; envy is as troubling a vice in professional letters as it is anywhere else — but we should not over- look the well - defined contemporaneous ...
... observations here is obvious enough— readers are loath to confront their own ignorance ; envy is as troubling a vice in professional letters as it is anywhere else — but we should not over- look the well - defined contemporaneous ...
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... observation on the starveling author who grasps at any sort of literary work are additional reflections of growing popular skepticism con- cerning the value of literature produced for the marketplace . None of these speculations applies ...
... observation on the starveling author who grasps at any sort of literary work are additional reflections of growing popular skepticism con- cerning the value of literature produced for the marketplace . None of these speculations applies ...
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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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