Daily life in Johnson's London
By: Richard B. Schwartz.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London; Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Description: Drawing on a wide range of contemporary accounts and modern scholarship, Schwartz captures the very texture of the vanished world of eighteenth-century London--from fops to cock-fights, from the pleasures and the domestic life of squires, tradesmen, and artists to the violence and filth of the brothels, the hospitals, and the prisons.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [181]-190.
Includes index.