Samuel Johnson : the arc of the pendulum / [electronic resource]
by Johnston, Freya; Mugglestone, Lynda.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191745003 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text offers wide-ranging coverage of Samuel Johnson's life work, and reception across 15 thematically cohesive chapters. Taking as its point of departure William Hazlitt's famous comparison between Johnson's prose style and a pendulum, this volume will contest and rebalance the metaphor of the pendulum.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text offers wide-ranging coverage of Samuel Johnson's life work, and reception across 15 thematically cohesive chapters. Taking as its point of departure William Hazlitt's famous comparison between Johnson's prose style and a pendulum, this volume will contest and rebalance the metaphor of the pendulum.
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