num_pages: 288
description: This Companion provides a unique introduction and guide to the works and life of one of the key figures in English literary history. The source of endless familiar aphorisms, the compiler of the first great dictionary in English, the greatest of essayists, and one of the most distinctive characters and conversationalists in our literary culture, Johnson is here surveyed in his entirety. Chapters on the major works, his life, conversation, letters and critical reception appear alongside fresh thematic essays, a chronology and a guide to further reading.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Cambridge University Press