Samuel Johnson : the critical heritage / edited by James T. Boulton.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

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Originally published: Johnson. New York : Barnes & Noble, 1971.

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

Print version: Samuel Johnson. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995

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August 07, 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION; JOHNSON seeking a publisher for London, 1738; WILLIAM MUDFORD on London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1802; JOHN AIKIN on Johnson's poems, 1804; A Criticism on Mahomet and Irene, 1749; JOHN HIPPISLEY, An Essay on Tragedy, 1749; Two early tributes, 1750; JOHNSON surveys his purpose and achievement, Rambler, 1752; ARTHUR MURPHY, Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson, 1792; GEORGE GLEIG in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797; MUDFORD on the 'moral utility' of the Rambler, 1802.

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