In Mind of Johnson: A Study of Johnson the Rambler

by Philip Davis

2021-01-08 03:23:56

The original and imaginative portrait of Dr Johnson-the man and the writer-gets behind his public face and uncovers the human struggle out of which Johnson's moral view of life emerged. The author presents a challenging reading of the Rambler ess... Read more
The original and imaginative portrait of Dr Johnson-the man and the writer-gets behind his public face and uncovers the human struggle out of which Johnson's moral view of life emerged. The author presents a challenging reading of the Rambler essays and Rasselas, unveiling the presence in these works of Johnson's inner life. Convincing and persuasive, it is an approach which flies in the face of established critical fashions and preconceptions and which reveals Johnson in a completely new light. Less

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File size8 X 5 X 18 in
Print pages328
PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
Publication date January 1, 2009
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780820333793
Philip Davis is Emeritus Professor of Literature and Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK and was the director of CRILS (Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society).  Fiona Mag...

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