Samuel Johnson and Biographical ThinkingUniversity of Missouri Press, 1991 - 178 páginas Catherine N. Parke offers new readings of Johnson's major prose writings, the familiar and the not so familiar. Through an inquiry into the centrality of biography in his thinking, she examines Johnson's ideas about education, portrays his habits of mind, and explores his creative temperment. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The Prefaces to | 27 |
The Rambler | 53 |
Rasselas | 77 |
A Journey to the Western | 107 |
Lives of the English Poets | 131 |
Afterword | 153 |
Works Cited | 165 |
| 175 | |
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Términos y frases comunes
achievement acquaintance activity becomes believed biographical thinking biography boredom chapter considered context conversation creative criticism crucial curiosity defined Dictionary difficulty discussion distinctive drama Dryden edited embodies emphasis epistemological error essay evidence examines experience failed failure fear function future genuine repetition Gregory Bateson habits happy valley Hebrides Hence Hester Thrale hope human ical identifies imagine Imlac implications inquiry insight interest John Johnsonian Journey kind knowledge knowledge by acquaintance language learning less lexicography literary literature Magdi Wahba meaning metaphysical poets mind moral motive nature never notion observes ourselves past Patrick O'Flaherty perspective philosophical pleasure poet possibility Preface present Prince of Abissinia question Rambler Rasselas Rasselas's readers reading recognize remarks Samuel Johnson sense Shakespeare success teacher teaching things thought tion travelers truth understanding University Press Vision of Theodore Western Islands William Law writing Yale University
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