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Samuel JohnsonWalter Jackson Bate

Samuel Johnson

Walter Jackson Bate
1977646 pages
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An account of Dr. Johnson's dramatic personal life, monumental genius, and boundless literary activities and impact follows him from poverty and hack work, through trial and tumult, to lionization as the unchallenged literary arbiter of his times.

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5 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1979
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 646 pages · 9780156792592
  • Other · English · 2009
    Counterpoint Press · 668 pages · 9781582435244
  • Other · English · 1998
    Counterpoint · 646 pages · 9781887178761
  • Other · English · 1978
    Chatto & Windus · 646 pages · 9780701122997
  • Other · English · 1977
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 646 pages · 9780151792603
CriticsIntellectual lifeEnglish AuthorsLexicographersIntellectualsBiographyJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784Authors, English