Samuel Johnson - Couverture souple

Roberts, Sir Sydney Castle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582010470 ISBN 13 : 9780582010475

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 1969

Synopsis

Dr Johnson, who lived in from 1709 to 1784, was one of the most remarkable Englishmen of all time: scholar, poet, Parliamentary reporter, essayist, moralist, critic, lexicographer and a character whose talk and opinions illuminate the best-known biography in the language, the Life by James Boswell, which first appeared in 1791.

It has been the author's purpose to show Johnson in his grandeur independently of Boswell. This he is able to do through quotations which spring from long acquaintance with the entire range of the sage's work. Sir Sydney Roberts, who was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, has written much on Johnson, always with point and wit, always relating his learning to the daily life which was dear to Johnson's heart. 'Why, Sir', Johnson once said, 'Fleet Street has a very animated appearance, but I think the full tide of human existence is at Charing Cross.' It is partly this insistence on humanity, and on actuality, which continues to make Johnson so fascinating, and it is one of the aspects of his personality which emerges most strongly from Sir Sydney's pages.

Johnson's biography is large and complicated. In this field, as in his expository essay, Sir Sydney has provided a thorough useful guide.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0582010470
• ISBN 13: 9780582010475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 44
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible