Samuel Johnson: A Personal History: A Personal History

ISBN-13: 9780230614277 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 384 str.

Christopher Hibbert

Opis

Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look at the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson. Using facts and anecdotes, Hibbert delivers intimate glimpses into Johnson's time as a schoolboy, his eccentricities as an undergraduate at Oxford, his struggle as a poor writer in London, and his slow rise to the legendary figure with a court of admirers and a steady stream of visitors. Hibbert combines personal stories with an examination Johnson's writing, offering a compelling and readable account.

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Preface to the Pimlico Edition - List of Illustrations - Author's Note - PART I: 1709-1755 - The Bookseller's Son - GruStreet - 'Poor Dear Tetty' - 'The Giant in his Den' - PART II: 1756-1764 - 'A New Wife' - Tea Cups and Dinner Plates - A Young Man from Edinburgh - The Turk's Head Oracle - PART III: 1765-1775 - New Friends and Old Rambles - Streatham Park - Scotland - Wales and France - PART IV: 1776-1784 - 'Whole Nests of People in his House' - Mr Wilkes and Mr Edwards - 'Formidable and Dangerous Distempers' - The Race with Death - Notes - Bibliography - Index -