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Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property

Book by Kevin Hart; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Biography As A Literary Form, Boswell, James--1740-1795--Life Of Samuel Johnson, Cultural Property--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Economics In Literature, Great Britain--Civilization--18th Century, Intellectual Property--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Knowledge--Economics, Literature And Society--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Property--Social Aspects--Great Britain--History--18th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers and critics who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of "The Age of Johnson." Hart argues that James Boswell turned his ...
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Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers and critics who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of "The Age of Johnson." Hart argues that James Boswell turned his friend into a monument, a piece of public property. Through subtle analyses of copyright, forgery and heritage in eighteenth-century life Kevin Hart demonstrates how Johnson came to occupy a place at the heart of the English literary canon.
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: In Twelve Volumes - Vol. 10

Book by Arthur Murphy, Samuel Johnson; William Durell, 1811

Subjects:

Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, L. L. D. A NEW EDITION. IN...asks, "less than what?" E. GARTH. SAMUEL GARTH was of a good family in Yorkshire...of the uncommon strength of Dr. Johnsons memory. When I re ceived from him...
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The Critical Opinions of Samuel Johnson

Book by Samuel Johnson, Joseph Epes Brown; Princeton University Press, 1926

Subjects:

English Literature--History And Criticism, Fiction, Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

CRITICAL OPINIONS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON London: Humphrey Milford Oxford...Press THE Critical Opinions OF Samuel Johnson Arranged and Compiled with...Letters . LETTERS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON . Collected and edited by George...
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Samuel Johnson and the Essay

Book by Robert D. Spector; Greenwood Press, 1997

Subjects:

English Essays--18th Century--History And Criticism, Great Britain--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This is the first study to assess the effect of Johnson's essayistic talents on the entirety of his writing.
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Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer: A Duty to Examine the Labors of the Learned

Book by Brian Hanley; University of Delaware Press, 2001

Subjects:

Book Reviewing--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Criticism--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Knowledge And Learning, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Knowledge--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer A Duty to Examine the Labors of the...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hanley, Brian J., 1961- Samuel Johnson as book reviewer : a duty to examine the labors of the learned...

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Journal Articles on: samuel johnson

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Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property

Journal article by Steven D. Scherwatzky; Biography, Vol. 24, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property by Steven D. Scherwatzky Hart, Kevin. Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property. Cambridge...0-521-65182-4, $59.95. Kevin Harts Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property sets a far...
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Howard D. Weinbrot. Aspects of Samuel Johnson: Essays on His Arts, Mind, Afterlife, and Politics

Journal article by Greg Clingham; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007

Subjects:

Aspects of Samuel Johnson: Essays on His Arts, Mind, Afterlife, and Politics (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Howard D. Weinbrot. Aspects of Samuel Johnson: Essays on His Arts, Mind, Afterlife...Howard D. Weinbrot. Aspects of Samuel Johnson: Essays on His Arts, Mind, Afterlife...since the 1960s, but Aspects of Samuel Johnson is his first book on Johnson...
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Narratives of Hope, Fictions of Happiness: Samuel Johnson and Enlightenment Experience

Journal article by Samuel T. Joeckel; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 53, 2003

Subjects:

English literature--Criticism and interpretation, English literature--Religious aspects, Johnson, Samuel--Criticism and interpretation, Johnson, Samuel--Religious aspects, Religion and literature--Criticism and interpretation, Religious literature--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...of Hope, Fictions of Happiness: Samuel Johnson and Enlightenment Experience...impossibilities of happiness as did Samuel Johnson. When asked, for example, if man...titled The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume, Adam Potkay suggests...
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Sola Fide? Samuel Johnson and the Augustinian Doctrine of Salvation

Journal article by Gregory Scholtz; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 72, 1993

Subjects:

Johnson, Samuel--Religion, Salvation--History of doctrines, Theology, Anglican--18th century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Sola fide? Samuel Johnson and the Augustinian doctrine of salvation...have concluded that the beliefs of Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries deviate from...and Hooker and Spenser."(4) In his Samuel Johnson, he asks, "What was orthodox Christianity...
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Formal Verse Imitation and the Rhetorical Principles of Imitation in the Neo-Latin Poetry of Samuel Johnson

Journal article by David F. Venturo; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 33, 2000

Subjects:

English poetry--18th century, Imitation (in literature)--History, Johnson, Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Latin poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...IMITATION IN THE NEO-LATIN POETRY OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. by David F. Venturo Born in 1709, Samuel Johnson grew up with and maintained a...DeMaria, Jr., helpfully reminds us, Samuel Johnson was a lifelong participant in...

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Magazine Articles on: samuel johnson

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Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author

Magazine article by Claude Rawson; New Criterion, Vol. 17, June 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author by Claude Rawson Lawrence Lipking Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author Harvard, 372, pages, $35 Lawrence Lipkings Samuel Johnson is not a conventional birth-to-death...
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The First Literary Celebrity: Portrayed by Boswell as an Idle Pensioner, Samuel Johnson in Fact Spent Most of His Life Working Furiously as a Hack. It Was the 18th Century's Burgeoning Print Culture That Made Him Famous-And Which Created the Need for His Most Famous Work

Magazine article by Will Self; New Statesman, Vol. 134, May 16, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book that Defined the World (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Celebrity: Portrayed by Boswell as an Idle Pensioner, Samuel Johnson in Fact Spent Most of His Life Working Furiously as...rereading is my favourite. Henry Hitchingss book on Samuel Johnsons mighty Dictionary is so good, so apposite, so chewy...
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That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle: Is There Such a Thing as "Englishness"-And If Not, Then Why Can't One Imagine Samuel Johnson as an Italian?

Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, October 2003

Subjects:

English (British people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Journalists--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...Not, Then Why Cant One Imagine Samuel Johnson as an Italian? by Christopher...you to picture the figure of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and then to imagine him as an...speculators. For good measure, Johnson was a staunch Shakespearean, and...
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The Good Man Speaking Well

Magazine article by M.D. Aeschliman; National Review, Vol. 37, January 11, 1985

Subjects:

Authors--Biography, Dictionary Johnson: The Middle Years of Samuel Johnson (book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Johnson, Samuel--Biography, Writers--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...Aeschliman TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, on December 13, 1784, Samuel Johnson died in London, loved and venerated by those who knew...admirable Dictionary Johnson: The Middle Years of Samuel Johnson, covering the years 1749 to 1763, James L. Clifford...
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As American as Apple Pie: A Subtle Satire on Polygamy Reveals the Secret Oddness of Every Family

Magazine article by Andrew Billen; New Statesman, Vol. 135, June 26, 2006

Subjects:

Big Love (Television program)--Evaluation, Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd.--Evaluation, Coup! (Television program)--Evaluation, Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (Television program)--Evaluation, Television broadcasting industry--Evaluation, Television programs--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...replied: Ones absurd/And bigamy, sir, is a crime!" Andrew Billen is a staff writer for the Times PICK OF THE WEEK Samuel Johnson: the dictionary man Monday, 9pm, BBC4 Drama doc suggests the great lexicographer had Tourettes (one word that isnt...

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Newspaper Articles on: samuel johnson

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When Did He Start Being Violent? I Was 11, He Said; A Biography of a Knife-Wielding, Multi-Addicted Beggar Called Stuart, Who Died Violently before the Project Was Finished, Is Joint Favourite to Win This Year's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, Announced Next Week. Here, the Author Explains Why He Wanted to Tell Stuart's Story

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 6, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Was Finished, Is Joint Favourite to Win This Years Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, Announced Next Week. Here...published by Fourth Estate at pounds sterling12.99. The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction will be announced on Thursday...
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Track Record; "I Am Willing to Love All Mankind, except an American." - Samuel Johnson

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 9, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Track Record; "I Am Willing to Love All Mankind, except an American." - Samuel Johnson. Byline: Hector R.R. Villanueva Historically, the United States of America has had a deplorable track record of intervening...
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Speaking of Tongues; I Am Always Sorry When Language Is Lost, Because Languages Are the Pedigrees of Nations. - Samuel Johnson

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 17, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Speaking of Tongues; I Am Always Sorry When Language Is Lost, Because Languages Are the Pedigrees of Nations. - Samuel Johnson. Byline: ADRIAN E. CRISTOBAL THE fact of the matter," wrote Mr. Jovito R. Salonga in Kilosbayan, is that Tagalog...
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Better-Quality Senate Seen; 'Politics Are Now Nothing More Than a Means of Rising in the World.a[euro] - Samuel Johnson

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2007

Subjects:

Comedians--Political activity, Comedians--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Better-Quality Senate Seen; Politics Are Now Nothing More Than a Means of Rising in the World.aeuro - Samuel Johnson. Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA WHILE it is lamentable and true that there is neither political conviction nor decency left...
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How Bozzy Gave Johnson a Life

Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, August 26, 2001

Subjects:

Johnson, Samuel

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Come to me, my dear Bozzy," Samuel Johnson wrote in reply to a letter from...Scottish companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson. Boswell had a notably tender...depression, he did get "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." done, changing the way...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: samuel johnson

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Johnson, Samuel , American Clergyman, Educator, and Philosopher

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JOHNSON, SAMUEL , American clergyman, educator...now Yale), 1714; father of William Samuel Johnson . He became a Congregationalist minister...1752). See H. and C. Schneider, ed., Samuel Johnson His Career and His Writings (4 vol...
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Johnson, William Samuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JOHNSON, WILLIAM SAMUEL 1727 1819, American political leader and president of Columbia...reorganized Columbia College, formerly Kings College, of which his father, Samuel Johnson (1696 1772), had been president. He was elected U.S. Senator from...
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Johnson, Samuel , English Author

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JOHNSON, SAMUEL , English author 1709 84, English...literary scholar and critic of his time, Johnson helped to shape and define the Augustan...Life and Works The son of a bookseller, Johnson excelled at school in spite of illness...
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Johnson, Hugh Samuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JOHNSON, HUGH SAMUEL 1882 1942, American army officer, government administrator, b. Fort...army, administered the draft, and served on the War Industries Board. Johnson resigned (1919) from the army as brigadier general and became a business...
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Mudd, Samuel Alexander

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sentence was unjust. In 1869 he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson, who cited doubts about Mudds guilt as well as his efforts...yellow fever outbreak at the prison. See The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd (ed. by his daughter, N. Mudd, 1906...

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