When Samuel Johnson is discussed as an essayist, his and Idler are
generally the works that are considered. This is the first study to
take account of the effect of Johnson's essayistic talents on the
entirety of his writing. Setting forth the particular
characteristics of the genre that are present in Johnson's
contributions to the political controversies of his time, this
analysis examines those qualities of Johnson's thought and methods
that naturally led to his dependence on the essay form in polemical
engagements throughout his career. In detail, Spector's study then
goes on to explore the manner in which Johnson employed the essay
not only in forms normally related to the genre, but in literary
types ordinarily considered remote from it. The and Idler, along
with Johnson's periodical essays in the Adventurer, are themselves
looked at from a fresh point of view-the ways in which Johnson the
professional writer, without regard for posterity, addressed the
interests of the common reader of his century.
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