Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Extraordinarily ordinary
- 2 Johnson and the arts of conversation
- 3 Johnson's poetry
- 4 Johnson, the essay, and The Rambler
- 5 Johnson and the condition of women
- 6 Johnson's Dictionary
- 7 Johnson's politics
- 8 Johnson and imperialism
- 9 The skepticism of Johnson's Rasselas
- 10 Shakespeare
- 11 Life and literature in Johnson's Lives of the Poets
- 12 Johnson's Christian thought
- 13 “From China to Peru”
- 14 “Letters about nothing”
- 15 Johnson's critical reception
- Further reading
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Extraordinarily ordinary
- 2 Johnson and the arts of conversation
- 3 Johnson's poetry
- 4 Johnson, the essay, and The Rambler
- 5 Johnson and the condition of women
- 6 Johnson's Dictionary
- 7 Johnson's politics
- 8 Johnson and imperialism
- 9 The skepticism of Johnson's Rasselas
- 10 Shakespeare
- 11 Life and literature in Johnson's Lives of the Poets
- 12 Johnson's Christian thought
- 13 “From China to Peru”
- 14 “Letters about nothing”
- 15 Johnson's critical reception
- Further reading
- Index
Summary
- Type
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- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson , pp. i - xxPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997