Samuel Johnson - Couverture souple

Bate, W Jackson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1582435243 ISBN 13 : 9781582435244

Editeur : Counterpoint, 2009

Synopsis

Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era -- the second half of the 18th century -- is known as the Age of Johnson. Starting out as a Grub Street journalist, he made his mark on history as a poet, author, moralist, literary critic, political commentator, and lexiconographer. We, as moderns, need to know this man, and W. Jackson Bate's formidable biography, with its uncanny depth and empathy, is the book that makes that happen.

Professor W. Jackson Bate is a lyrical writer who deftly explains the effect Johnson has had on scholars, critics, and readers of all kinds through the past 200 years: "The reason Johnson has always fascinated so many people of different kinds," Bate writes, "is not simply that [he] is so vividly picturesque and quotable . . . The deeper secret of his hypnotic attraction, especially during our own generation, lies in the immense reassurance he gives to human nature."

Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's intellect and fueled his prodigious contribution to literature, religion, politics, and our understanding of the nature of humankind, revealing the fascinating nature -- both odd and adored -- of this literary luminary.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Walter Jackson Bate was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson and John Keats. Samuel Johnson also won the 1978 U.S. National Book Award in Biography.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In this biography - a work that won three of the most prestigious literary prizes this country offers - W. Jackson Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's awesome intellect and fueled his prodigious output. The first great modern biography of Johnson, it confirms that his statements and judgments on literature, politics, religion, behavior - on all human experience - are as relevant in our age as when they were first uttered. This new edition brings a modern classic back into print and includes a new preface from the author.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Counterpoint
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582435243
• ISBN 13: 9781582435244
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 684
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible