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Samuel Johnson - Selected Writings (Paperback)
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Samuel Johnson - Selected Writings (Paperback)
Series: 21st-Century Oxford Authors
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This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers
students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Accompanied by full scholarly
apparatus, the edition enables students to study Johnson's work in
the order in which it was written, and, wherever possible, using
the text of the first published version. The volume presents a
selection of Johnson's most important writings, drawn from all
periods of his life. It reflects almost completely the range of
literary forms in which Johnson wrote, including poetic
translation, biographical sketches, literary criticism, and
letters. It includes a broad selection from The Rambler (17501752)
and The Idler (17581760), along with the travel narrative A Journey
to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), and a selection from The
Lives of the Poets (1781). David Womersleys introduction explores
how Johnsons mastery of style enabled him to adopt various
personae, sometimes simultaneously, in order to communicate through
many different genres and registers. Johnson is shown to be an
active participant in the philosophical and social currents of his
time. This selection reveals an author driven by deeply-held
principles, concerned with how the ethical, political, and
affective dimensions of language go beyond vocabulary and reach
into the lives of its users. Explanatory notes and commentary are
included to enhance the study, understanding, and enjoyment of
these works, and the edition includes an Introduction to the life
of Johnson, and a Chronology.
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