| Doctor Johnson and Others Contributor(s): Roberts, S. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107685672 ISBN-13: 9781107685673 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 828.609 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5" W x 8" (0.46 lbs) 186 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1958, this book contains four essays on various aspects of Johnson's personality and achievement as well as a survey of the work of Thomas Fuller; a comparison of Pepys and Boswell as diarists; a study of Thomas Gray's life in Cambridge; an essay on James Beresford, author of The Miseries of Human Life, a best-seller of 200 years ago; a brief account, based upon an unpublished diary, of B. W. Beatson, an early nineteenth-century don; and, finally, an essay on the 'inimitable' Max Beerbohm, whom Sir Sydney once dared to imitate. |