Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find the New
Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson deeply informed and
appealingly written. Each newly commissioned chapter explores
aspects of Johnson's writing and thought, including his ethical
grasp of life, his views of language, the roots of his ideas in
Renaissance humanism, and his skeptical-humane style. Among the
themes engaged are history, disability, gender, politics, race,
slavery, Johnson's representation in art, and the significance of
the Yale Edition. Works discussed include Johnson's poetry and
fiction, his moral essays and political tracts, his Shakespeare
edition and Dictionary, and his critical, biographical, and travel
writing. A narrated Further Reading provides an informative guide
to the study of Johnson, and a substantial Introduction highlights
how his literary practice, philosophical values, and life
experience provide a challenge to readers new and established.
Through fresh, integrated insights, this authoritative guide
reveals the surprising contemporaneity of Johnson's thought.
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