num_pages: 222
description: This study demonstrates the importance of memory in Samuel Johnson's work. Greg Clingham argues that this concept of memory is derived from the process of historical and creative writing; it is embodied in works of literature and other cultural forms. He examines Johnson's writing; including his biographical writing, as it intersects with eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law and its subsequent compatibility with and resistance to modern theory.
language: English
title: Johnson, Writing, and Memory
titlecomplete: Johnson, Writing, and Memory
publisher: Cambridge University Press