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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Together with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets (Paperback)
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Together with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies, Volume 5
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Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 5 contains the first part of
The Rambler, the periodical published by Johnson twice a week
between 1750 and 1752. Modelled on Addison's Spectator, the essays
address a wide range of social, religious, political and literary
themes, and are not exclusively by Johnson himself: there are
contributions by others, particularly women writers such as Hester
Chapone and Elizabeth Carter. The Rambler adopted an 'elevated'
style, and topics range from criticism of the emerging novel genre
to discussions of humanitarian issues such as prostitution and
capital punishment.
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