Personal History of Samuel Johnson more books like this

by Christopher Hibbert

Using material from Boswell's private papers, which he felt unable to divulge, this is a minutely-detailed portrait of Samuel Johnson, the father of English letters. It ranges from the eccentric schoolboy in Lichfield, to the Grub Street hack, and finally to the legendary figure of Fleet Street.

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This Invisible Riot of the Mind: Samuel Johnson's Psychological Theory more books like this

by Gloria Sybil Gross

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The Life of Daniel Defoe more books like this

by John Richetti

"The Life of Daniel Defoe" examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. A critical study of the writing of Daniel Defoe. This book features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe's political and religious journalism, as well as on his narrative fictions. It places emphasis on Defoe ...

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Women, Writing and the Public Sphere, 1700-1830 more books like this

by Elizabeth Eger (Editor), Charlotte Grant (Editor), Cliona O Gallchoir (Editor)

In this interdisciplinary volume, an international team of specialists examine the dynamic relation between women and the public sphere between 1700 and 1830. Drawing on literary and visual evidence, contributors highlight the range and diversity of women's cultural activity during the period, from historiography, publishing and translation to ...

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Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark more books like this

by Mary Wollstonecraft, Tone Brekke, Jon Mee

'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.' William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Wollstonecraft's most popular book during her lifetime. Not easy to categorize, it is both ...

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Dictionary Johnson: Samuel Johnson's Middle Years more books like this

by James Lowry Clifford

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Mary Wollstonecraft: A Biography more books like this

by Eleanor Flexner

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A Johnson Handbook more books like this

by Mildred Clara Struble

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The Life of Joseph Addison more books like this

by Peter Smithers

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Dr. Johnson, his life in letters. more books like this

by Samuel Johnson, David Littlejohn

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The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him: Volume 3: 1783-1784 Letters 821.2-1174 more books like this

by Samuel Johnson, R W Chapman (Editor)

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Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft more books like this

by Frances R Balkwill, William Godwin

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Memoirs of Wollstonecraft more books like this

by William Godwin

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Eighteenth-Century Familiar Letter more books like this

by Cynthia Lowenthal

Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762) produced correspondence spanning more than 50 years. This book examines the genres she employed in her correspondence, from the "courtship" letters she sent to Edward Wortley Montagu and Alexander Pope, to literary criticism on the nature of the 18th-century novel.

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The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith more books like this

by Judith Stanton (Editor), Charlotte Turner Smith

One of the most popular poets of her time, Charlotte Smith revived the sonnet form in England, influencing Wordsworth and Keats. Equally popular as a novelist, she experimented with many genres, and even her children's books were highly regarded by her contemporaries. Charlotte Smith's letters enlarge our understanding of her literary achievement, ...

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Life and Letters of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of "The Beggar's Opera" more books like this

by Lewis Melville

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Journals & Letters V8 1815 more books like this

by Frances Burney, Peter Hughes (Editor), Joyce Hemlow (Editor)

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Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson more books like this

by Hester Lynch Piozzi

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James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript more books like this

by James Boswell

This edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson" details how Boswell's original words were changed during the publication process, and offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. Marshall Waingrow charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer misreadings and author's errors which crept into the ...

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The Letters, Life, and Works of John Oldmixon: Politics and Professional Authorship in Early Hanoverian England more books like this

by Mr Oldmixon

As the present volume reveals in remarkable detail, however, life was immensely precarious for those who tried to make their living by the pen. Party writers rarely received adequate remuneration for their pains, and Oldmixon, always short of money, was reduced to writing supplicating letters to publishers such as "genial" Jacob Tonson. It is ...

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The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821 (Formerly Mrs. Thrale) Vol. 6, 1817-1821 more books like this

by Edward A Bloom (Editor), Lillian D Bloom (Editor), O M Brack, Jr. (Editor)

The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity.

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Life of Samuel Johnson more books like this

by Francis Richard Charles Grant

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...

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Defoe more books like this

by James Sutherland

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The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D more books like this

by Sir John Hawkins

This is an essential early Johnson biography, recovered from obscurity and reissued in celebration of the tercentenary of Johnson's birth. This is the first and only scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins' Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., a work that has not been widely available in complete form for more than two hundred years. Published in 1787, ...

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Doctor Johnson, His Life Works & Table Talk more books like this

by James Macaulay

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