The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108832823)

Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find the New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson deeply informed and appealingly written. Each newly commissioned chapter explores aspects of Johnson's writing and thought, including his ethical grasp of life, his views of language, the roots of his ideas in Renaissance humanism, and his skeptical-humane style. Among the themes engaged are history, disability, gender, politics, race, slavery, Johnson's representation in art, and the significance of the Yale Edition. Works discussed include Johnson's poetry and fiction, his moral essays and political tracts, his Shakespeare edition and Dictionary, and his critical, biographical, and travel writing. A narrated Further Reading provides an informative guide to the study of Johnson, and a substantial Introduction highlights how his literary practice, philosophical values, and life experience provide a challenge to readers new and established. Through fresh, integrated insights, this authoritative guide reveals the surprising contemporaneity of Johnson's thought.

Author: Greg Clingham
ISBN-10: 1108832822
ISBN-13: 9781108832823
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2022
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2023