by Samuel Johnson (Author),David Womersley (Editor)
Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Rev Ed edition (27 Feb. 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140436278
ISBN-13: 978-0140436273
Product Dimensions:12.9 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm
This
volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published
twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he
first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose
style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the
best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the
periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'.
Samuel Johnson (1709-84) was an English poet, novelist, critic, lexicographer, biographer, and editor. But it was his essays that made him a dominant figure in 18th century English literary life. David Womersley is a lecturer in English at Jesus College, Oxford. He edited the authoritative three-volume edition of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', as well as the one-volume abridged edition, for Penguin Classics.
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