Samuel Johnson
Subtitle: a life
By: David Nokes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780805086515
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784; Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography; Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Genres: Biography
Description: In this portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work. This biography addresses his life and action through the hitherto unexplored perspectives of such major players as Johnson's wife, Tetty; Hester Thrale, in whose household he resided for seventeen years while working on his annotated Shakespeare; and Frances Barber, the black manservant who in many ways was like a son to Johnson. --from publisher description
Notes: "A John Macrae book."

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Faber & Faber"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-397) and index.