Samuel Johnson
By: W. Jackson Bate.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography; Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Description: An account of Dr. Johnson's dramatic personal life, monumental genius, and boundless literary activities and impact follows him from poverty and hack work, through trial and tumult, to lionization as the unchallenged literary arbiter of his times.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 601-602.
Includes index.