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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... writing for money was a truism long before Johnson be- came an author , and in the middle years of the eighteenth century writing for hire , becoming a hackney or hack writer , was inextricably associated with Grub Street and , thanks ...
... writing for money was a truism long before Johnson be- came an author , and in the middle years of the eighteenth century writing for hire , becoming a hackney or hack writer , was inextricably associated with Grub Street and , thanks ...
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... written by his imitator John Hawkesworth . Eddy com- ments on the characteristics of Johnson's reviews , but the major thrust of his work is bibliographical , providing a descriptive bibliography that iden- tifies and describes the ...
... written by his imitator John Hawkesworth . Eddy com- ments on the characteristics of Johnson's reviews , but the major thrust of his work is bibliographical , providing a descriptive bibliography that iden- tifies and describes the ...
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... written as allusive responses to reviews published earlier in the Monthly or the Critical . As we shall see , Johnson's reviews — far from being on the whole nothing more than indifferent hackwork , as some schol- ars have contended ...
... written as allusive responses to reviews published earlier in the Monthly or the Critical . As we shall see , Johnson's reviews — far from being on the whole nothing more than indifferent hackwork , as some schol- ars have contended ...
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... 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 studied , as they illustrate and extend Johnson's broader views on ...
... 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 studied , as they illustrate and extend Johnson's broader views on ...
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... written " to the young , the ignorant , and the idle , " John- son observes , it is important to examine the extent ... writing was generally accepted as among the mean- est sorts of literary activity . Significantly , in his closing ...
... written " to the young , the ignorant , and the idle , " John- son observes , it is important to examine the extent ... writing was generally accepted as among the mean- est sorts of literary activity . Significantly , in his closing ...
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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